Taxation in Colonial America Book

List of Illustrations xi Preface and Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1

Part One: Founding the American Colonies 19
Chapter 1: The First Wave 23
Chapter 2: The Middle Wave 42
Chapter 3: The Th ird Wave 56
Appendix: List of Tax Incentives in Founding and Settlement of the American Colonies 64

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: The Colonial Constitution, 1607-1688 118
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

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: The 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

Part Four: Salutary Neglect in the Colonies, 1714-1739 441
Chapter 16: Imperial Governance and the Colonial Constitution, 1714-1739 445
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

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

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
Chapter 28: Taxation of the Southern Plantation Colonies, 1763-1775 826

Conclusion 865
Appendix 871
Bibliography 891
Index 915