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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... Silver Coins against Each Other 13.B. Cross - Rates of English Sterling and Colonial Currencies in 1714 14.1 . New York Direct Tax Levies , 1690-1714 14.2 . New York Provincial General Revenue ( Excluding Direct Taxes ) , 1690-1695 and ...
... Silver Price per Ounce , and Sterling Exchange , 1739–1751 21.2 . Massachusetts Apportioned Direct Taxes , 1739 / 40-1762 / 63 21.3 . Massachusetts Duties and Tonnage , 1739 / 40-1762 / 63 21.4 . Massachusetts Excises , 1739 / 40-1762 ...
... silver and gold coins in the colonies . Later , from 1704 , it set maximum limits on the value of the coins of Spain , France , and other European countries that circulated in the colonies . Nor were there substantial deposits of gold ...
... silver content , was known as Proclamation Money or Lawful Money . The values of most , but not all , foreign coins were based on an assay of their silver and gold content undertaken by Sir Isaac Newton in 1702. The proc- lamation met ...
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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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