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   What is taxation in colonial America?

   • Taxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists.

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   What taxes were imposed on the colonists?

   • Rabushka takes a comprehensive look at the external taxes imposed on the colonists by Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden, as well as internal direct taxes like poll and income taxes. He examines indirect taxes like duties and tonnage fees, as well as county and town taxes, church and education taxes, bounties, and other charges.

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   How did colonial taxes work?

   • Even when rates, poll taxes, duties, and other levies were authorized by elected representatives to colonial legislatures, taxpayers sought to minimize their taxes in every imaginable way, from hiding real assets to undervaluing farmland to making payment in sub-standard commodities to outright refusal to pay.

   The Colonial Roots of American Taxation, 1607-1700

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   Why did colonial legislatures appropriate taxes?

   • The power of colonial legislatures to appropriate taxes reflected English precedent, which established Parliamentary supremacy over appropriations. Freemen taxpayers of the colonies exercised considerable influence over the ambitions and activities of proprietors and their executive officials by withholding funds.

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   How did taxes affect the British colonists?

   • Implicit taxes took the form of the Navigation Acts, which sought to regulate shipping between the colonies and its trading partners. Explicit taxes consisted of customs duties imposed on goods exported from the colonies to England and other destinations, and customs duties paid on imports arriving in England.

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   What was a direct tax in colonial era?

   • Direct taxes, authorized by statutes enacted in colonial legislatures, included general property tax, typically combined with the poll tax, and a direct land tax in some instances. The poll tax was set at an age consonant with military service, 16 in some colonies and 14 in others.

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   Aug 1, 2002 · To understand “no taxation without representation” and Americans’ skepticism of taxes requires a more comprehensive review of colonial taxation than the Stamp Acts and the Boston Tea Party. This article is the first in a series examining the colonial roots of American taxation.

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   Taxation in Colonial Americaexamines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists.

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   Oct 1, 2024 · After the British victory, Parliament decided to raise money from the Colonies through taxes. Americans protested these measures because they did not have elected officials representing them in Parliament, calling it “Taxation Without Representation.”

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   For those of us fascinated by colonial and early Republican American history, the centrality of taxation in political, economic, and even social life, is widely acknowledged in the literature and can barely be over-stated.

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   Jul 28, 2015 · Taxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists.

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   Dec 16, 2010 · Rabushka takes a comprehensive look at the external taxes imposed on the colonists by Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden, as well as internal direct taxes like poll and income taxes. He examines indirect taxes like duties and tonnage fees, as well as county and town taxes, church and education taxes, bounties, and other charges.