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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... Rhode Island Bills of Credit , Dates Due for 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 ...
... Rhode Island Direct Tax Levies , 1763-1774 787 26.8 . Rhode Island Lotteries , 1763-1774 789 26.9 . New Hampshire Tax Levies , Revenues , and Arrears , 1764-1774 794 27.1 . New York Bills of Credit Outstanding , Annual Cancellations ...
... Rhode Island and the handwritten Journal of the House of Deputies does not include audited public accounts . Under the best conditions , colonial treasurers transmitted periodic state- ments to members of audit committees of ...
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Contents
Founding the American Colonies | 19 |
The First Wave | 23 |
The Middle Wave | 42 |
The Third Wave | 56 |
List of Tax Incentives in Founding and Settlement of the American Colonies | 64 |
Turmoil in EnglandGrowth in the Colonies 16071688 | 65 |
Constitutional Government and Politics in England 16071688 | 71 |
Imperial Governance Constitutional and Commercial Policy 16071688 | 92 |
Imperial Governance and the Colonial Constitution 17141739 | 445 |
Taxation of the New England Colonies 17141739 | 454 |
Taxation of the Middle Colonies 17141739 | 490 |
Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies 17141739 | 519 |
Taxes in the American Colonies 1739 | 556 |
War Debt Money and Taxes Prelude to Imperial Intervention 17391763 | 559 |
Imperial Governance and the Colonial Constitution 17391763 | 563 |
Taxation of the New England Colonies 17391763 | 575 |
The Colonial Constitution 16071688 | 118 |
Taxation of the New England Colonies 16201688 | 144 |
Taxation of the Middle Colonies 16241688 | 199 |
Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies 16071688 | 228 |
Taxation in the American Colonies 1688 | 267 |
War in EuropeOpportunity in the Colonies 16881714 | 271 |
Constitutional Government and Politics in England 16881714 | 275 |
Imperial Governance Constitutional and Commercial Policy 16881714 | 301 |
The Colonial Constitution 16881714 | 325 |
Taxation of the New England Colonies 16881714 | 355 |
Taxation of the Middle Colonies 16881714 | 399 |
Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies 16881714 | 416 |
Tax Burdens in the American Colonies 1714 | 437 |
Salutary Neglect in the Colonies 17141739 | 441 |
Taxation of the Middle Colonies 17391763 | 624 |
Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies 17391763 | 657 |
An American Tax 17631775 | 713 |
British Politics Imperial Governance and Colonial Government and Politics 17631775 | 717 |
British Taxation of the American Colonies 1763775 | 749 |
Taxation of the New England Colonies 17631775 | 766 |
Taxation of the Middle Colonies 17631775 | 797 |
Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies 17631775 | 826 |
CONCLUSION | 865 |
APPENDIX | 871 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 891 |
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