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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... Redemption, and Tax Levies for Their Redemption, 1754–1763 21.10. Rhode Island Lotteries, 1759–1762 21.11. New Hampshire Taxes to Redeem Bills of Credit, 1753–1763 22.1. New York Bills of Credit, Schedule of Payments for Redemption ...
... Redemption of Remaining Colonial Debts 25.1. Plantation Duty Revenue, 1763–1775 25.2. Sugar Act of 1764 Revenues, 1765–1774 25.3. Stamp Act of 1765: Consignments, Cash, Returns, and Balances 25.4. Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act ...
... redemption, retirement, or “sinking,” usually by burning the notes paid in taxes before members of the colonial legislatures. The other most common was known as loan office bills, a land bank that loaned paper money at interest on the ...
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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 |