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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... Tonnage, 1715/16–1738/39 17.4. Massachusetts Treasurer's Statements, 1713/14–1738/39 17.5. Massachusetts Annual Levies Compared with Receipts of Taxes and Interest, 1715–1738 17.6. Connecticut Direct Taxes, 1714/15–1739/40 17.A. Cross ...
... 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, and Due Dates of Redemption 26.6. Connecticut ...
... tonnage on trade and consumption; county, town, church, and education taxes; and other miscellaneous charges. Part I sets forth the tax privileges and exemptions that were incorporated into the founding charters of the colonies ...
... tonnage, and separate commissioners of the loan offices in the nine counties. Monies were delivered to the colonial treasurer, who paid creditors from his proceeds. In the annual audited accounts of Pennsylvania printed in the ...
... tonnage. In general, the most difficult taxes on which to assign burdens are British import duties on colonial products. The most straightforward are direct taxes im- posed on wealth and income. In between are internal trade taxes. I ...
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 |