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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... Taxes, 1689/90–1713/14 13.6. Rhode Island Direct Tax Levies, 1690–1714 13.7. New Hampshire Taxes, 1693–1714 13.A. 1702 ... Levied on Taxables, 1716–1734 19.4. South Carolina Quitrent Revenue and Provincial Tax Revenue, 1729–1740 Part IV ...
... Taxes, 1763/64–1774/75 26.3. Massachusetts Duties and Tonnage, 1763/64–1774/75 26.4. Massachusetts Treasurer's Statements and House of Representatives Audit Committee Reports, 1763/64–1774/75 26.5. Connecticut Bills of Credit, Taxes Levied ...
... levied taxes, selecting taxes pertinent to conditions in each colony, inventing systems of public finance to reduce the need for explicit taxes, and the struggle of locally elected representatives to wrest control over taxes and public ...
... taxes on trade between the colonies, royal taxes on colonial land, colonial duties on trade with other colonies, and a wide variety of internal taxes levied by colonial legislatures, vestries, counties, and towns— poll or head taxes, ...
... taxes were often reloaned or spent, rather than burned. Some sources of ... taxes on polls and property, excises, and import duties were generally under the ... levied and paid are generally located in the towns and vestries, not in a ...
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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 |