Taxation in Colonial AmericaTaxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists. Spanning the turbulent years from the founding of the Jamestown settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Alvin Rabushka provides the definitive history of taxation in the colonial era, and sets it against the backdrop of enormous economic, political, and social upheaval in the colonies and Europe. |
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... Tax Levies, 1690–1714 13.7. New Hampshire Taxes, 1693–1714 13.A. 1702 Ratios ... Duty on Tobacco Exports, 1704/05–1711/12 15.1. Virginia Quitrents, 1690–1715 ... Export Duties, and Tonnage, 1714–1722 19.3. Maryland Assessments Levied on ...
... Duty Collected, 1761–1775 25.6. Indigo Exports, Bounties, and Earnings, 1763–1775 25.7. Indigo Bounties, Total British Bounties on American Imports, Drawbacks on Goods Exported to America, and Export Bounties on British Goods Exported ...
... tax collected. During 1701–12 in New Hampshire, for example, the colonial treasurer and receiver-general, Sam Penhallow ... export duty per hogshead of tobacco are extant for 1702–12 and 1750–65, and sporadic for other years. Data on ...
... duties and excises used to pay salaries and other incidental costs of civil administration. At times treasurers might ... export duty on tobacco and quitrents were under the control of governors in Virginia and Maryland, some of which ...
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Contents
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Turmoil in EnglandGrowth in the Colonies 16071688 | 65 |
War in EuropeOpportunity in the Colonies 16881714 | 271 |
Salutary Neglect in the Colonies 17141739 | 441 |
War Debt Money and Taxes Prelude to Imperial Intervention 17391763 | 559 |
An American Tax 17631775 | 713 |
CONCLUSION | 865 |
APPENDIX | 871 |
891 | |
INDEX | 915 |