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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... 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-Rates of English Sterling and Colonial ...
... Treasurer's Statements, 1734/35–1753 21.6. Massachusetts Treasurer's Statements and House of Representatives Audit Committee Reports, 1753/54–1762/63 21.7. Massachusetts Lotteries, 1744/45–1762/63 21.8. Connecticut Direct Taxes, 1740/41 ...
... Treasurer's Certificates, 1763/64–1773/74 26.2. Massachusetts Apportioned Direct 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 ...
... treasurer's account in Massachusetts dates from 1632, with annual statements from 1692 save a handful of missing years and some years in which the figures are incomplete. Between 1740 and 1753 the treasurer's annual account was ...
... treasurers held in the Connecticut State Library are available only from 1743. Later statements, for example the account book of Treasurer Joseph Talcott for 1755–70, list tax receipts of the towns and approved payments, but the system ...
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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 |