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The Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3.c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that declared Parliament would not impose any duty, tax, or assessment for the raising of revenue in any of the colonies of British America or the British West Indies.
An Act for appointing Commissioners to put in Execution an Act of this Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight," [l] together with those named in Two former Acts, for appointing Commissioners ...
Income Tax Act 2007; ... Taxation of Colonies Act 1778; Taxation of Pensions Act 2014; Taxes Management Act 1880; W. ... This page was last edited on 24 April 2020, ...
The Stamp Act of 1765 required various printed materials in the colonies to use stamped paper produced in London, and was effectively a tax on the colonies. [3] The direct imposition of a tax on the colonies by Parliament was controversial, due to the common English belief that the people could only be taxed by their own representatives.
Long title: An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation, from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa nuts of the produce of the said colonies or plantations; for discontinuing the drawbacks payable on china earthen ware exported to America; and for more effectually preventing the ...
The Tax Man Cometh: Ideological Opposition to Internal Taxes, 1760-1790. Unger, Harlow, John Hancock, Merchant King and American Patriot, 2000, ISBN 0-7858-2026-4; Slaughter, Thomas P. (1984). "The Tax Man Cometh: Ideological Opposition to Internal Taxes, 1760-1790". The William and Mary Quarterly. 41 (4): 566– 591. doi:10.2307/1919154. JSTOR ...
Because the war had plunged the British government deep into debt, Parliament enacted a series of measures to increase tax revenue from the colonies. These acts, such as the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Acts of 1767, were seen as legitimate means of collecting revenues to pay off the nearly two-fold increase in British debt stemming from ...
A British newspaper cartoon reacts to the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1765.. Taxes were low at the local, colonial, and imperial levels throughout the colonial era. [1] The issue that led to the Revolution was whether parliament had the right to impose taxes on the Americans when they were not represented in parliament.