Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Early colonial literature, 1607-1764
Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The American Colonies and the British Empire, 1607-1783, Part I Vol 2
Author: Steven SarsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000161897
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This first part, volume 2 of an eight-volume reset edition, traces the evolution of imperial and colonial ideologies during the British colonization of America. It covers the period from the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1607 to 1783.
A Library of American Literature: Early colonial literature, 1607-1675
Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Taxation in Colonial America
Author: Alvin RabushkaPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400828708
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 969
Book Description
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. 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. Rabushka shows how the colonists strove to minimize, avoid, and evade British and local taxation, and how they used tax incentives to foster settlement. He describes the systems of public finance they created to reduce taxation, and reveals how they gained control over taxes through elected representatives in colonial legislatures. 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. He links the types and amounts of taxes with the means of payment--be it gold coins, agricultural commodities, wampum, or furs--and he compares tax systems and burdens among the colonies and with Britain. This book brings the colonial period to life in all its rich complexity, and shows how colonial attitudes toward taxation offer a unique window into the causes of the revolution.
Interpreting a Continent
Author: Kathleen DuValPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0742564649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This reader provides students with key documents from colonial American history, including new English translations of non-English documents. The documents in this collection take the reader beyond the traditional story of the English colonies. Readers explore the Spanish, French, Dutch, Russian, German, and even Icelandic colonial efforts throughout North America, including California, New Mexico, Texas, the Great Plains, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New England. Throughout, the collection provides not only the perspectives of Europeans but also of Native Americans and Africans. By looking beyond traditional sources, students see the power and diversity of Native Americans and learn that European domination of the continent was not inevitable. They see different forms of slavery and ways that slaves dealt with their captivity. By considering multiple perspectives, students learn that colonial history was largely the attempts of various peoples to understand strangers and adapt them to their own will.
A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Life and Letters of Edmund Clarence Stedman
Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
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Category : Poets, American
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
My Life with Stanley's Rear Guard
Author: Herbert WardPublisher: London, Webster
ISBN:
Category : Africa Description and travel
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Harry Fludyer at Cambridge
Author: Rudolf Chambers LehmannPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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