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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... Provincial Payments, 1718–1739 19.1. Virginia Quitrents, 1715–1722 19.2. Virginia Poll Tax, Export Duties, and Tonnage, 1714–1722 19.3. Maryland Assessments Levied on Taxables, 1716–1734 19.4. South Carolina Quitrent Revenue and Provincial ...
... provincial administration, deal with piracy, Indians, and smuggling, and carry out other responsibilities. Some governors were especially prone to be less than candid in their correspondence, especially if it was in their financial and ...
... provincial revenue figures in local provincial currencies, for example, Massachusetts pounds, Virginia pounds, Proclamation or Lawful Money, and so forth, except when revenues were collected and stated in sterling. I specify in the text ...
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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 |
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INDEX | 915 |