Taxation in Colonial America

969 Pages·2008·8.13 MB·English

by  Alvin Rabushka

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Taxation in Colonial America
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Taxation in Colonial America
alvin rabushka
princeton university press
princeton and oxford
Copyright © 2008 by Princeton University Press
Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rabushka, Alvin.
Taxation in colonial America / Alvin Rabushka.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-691-13345-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Taxation—United States—History—17th
century. 2. Taxation—United States—History—18th century. 3. United States—
History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. I. Title.
HJ2368.R33 2008
336.200973'09032—dc22 2007026175
British Library Cata loging-i n-P ublication Data is available
Th is book has been composed in Adobe Caslon
Printed on acid- free paper. ∞
press.princeton.edu
Printed in the United States of America
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For Alexander, Nicholas, Hunter, and Julia
Th e Promise of America
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contents
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list of illustrations xi
preface and ac know ledgm ents xvii
introduction
1
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part one Founding the American Colonies
19
chapter 1 Th e First Wave
23
chapter 2 Th e Middle Wave
42
chapter 3 Th e Th ird Wave
56
appendix List of Tax Incentives in Founding and
Settlement of the American Colonies
64
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part two Turmoil in England—Growth in the Colonies, 1607–1688
65
chapter 4 Constitutional Government
and Politics in En gland, 1607–1688
71
chapter 5 Imperial Governance: Constitutional
and Commercial Policy, 1607–1688
92
chapter 6 Th e Colonial Constitution, 1607–1688
118
contents
chapter 7 Taxation of the New En gland Colonies, 1620–1688
144
chapter 8 Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1624–1688
199
chapter 9 Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1607–1688
228
appendix Taxation in the American Colonies, 1688
267
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part three War in Europe—Opportunity in the Colonies,
1688–1714
271
chapter 10 Constitutional Government
and Politics in En gland, 1688–1714
275
chapter 11 Imperial Governance: Constitutional
and Commercial Policy, 1688–1714
301
chapter 12 Th e Colonial Constitution, 1688–1714
325
chapter 13 Taxation of the New En gland Colonies, 1688–1714
355
chapter 14 Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1688–1714
399
chapter 15 Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1688–1714
416
appendix Tax Burdens in the American Colonies, 1714
437
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part four Salutary Neglect in the Colonies, 1714–1739
441
chapter 16 Imperial Governance and
the Colonial Constitution, 1714–1739
445
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contents
chapter 17 Taxation of the New En gland Colonies, 1714–1739
454
chapter 18 Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1714–1739
490
chapter 19 Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies,
1714–1739
519
appendix Taxes in the American Colonies, 1739
556
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part five War, Debt, Money, and Taxes:
Prelude to Imperial Intervention, 1739–1763
559
chapter 20 Imperial Governance and
the Colonial Constitution, 1739–1763
563
chapter 21 Taxation of the New En gland Colonies, 1739–1763
575
chapter 22 Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1739–1763
624
chapter 23 Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1739–1763
657
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part six An American Tax, 1763–1775
713
chapter 24 British Politics, Imperial Governance, and Colonial
Government and Politics, 1763–1775
717
chapter 25 British Taxation of the American Colonies, 1763–1775
749
chapter 26 Taxation of the New En gland Colonies, 1763–1775
766
chapter 27 Taxation of the Middle Colonies, 1763–1775
797
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