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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... imposed by Britain and those levied by local legislatures and towns in each of the colonies, and the means of payment (gold and silver coins, wampum, furs, agricultural commodities, bills of exchange, and paper money, first issued in ...
... imposed or levied.1 Terminology I have tried to preserve the flavor of the colonial era by using the terms that the ... Imposing modern twenty-first-century usage of terms on the colonial era in place of contemporary usage is potentially ...
... imposed by Britain or levied by the colonists' representatives, this book seeks to estimate and comment on several ... impose a series of taxes on the colonies to relieve some of the burden on British taxpayers, was a principal factor in ...
... imposed on property, labor, trading, or consumption. A few examples may help clarify the distinction between the incidence and burden of a tax. Take British import duties, for example. Duty on imported colonial tobacco is paid by ...
... imposed on liquor. Duties and excises are passed through to the final price paid by consumers. Higher prices due to the taxes reduce demand to some degree, which means less need for shipping, internal transportation, and retail outlets ...
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 |
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INDEX | 915 |