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Hoover Institution - Policy Review - The Colonial Roots of American Taxation, 1607-1700 (7701 words) |
 | Colonial legislatures did their best to retain specie, which was deemed important to facilitate commerce. |
| Lists were sent to the colonial treasurer, who issued warrants to town constables to collect specified sums. |
| Proprietary colonies differed from chartered colonies in that the public revenue of the colony belonged to the private proprietor rather than to the common shareholders of the chartered corporation and the freemen who subsequently became residents. |
| 1754: Information from Answers.com (2647 words) |
| A series of essays written from 1754 to 1756 about the fight for a "free college." Livingston vehemently opposes Anglican control of King's College (later Columbia University) and the establishment of the Anglican Church in New York in general. |
| Britain and its colonies adopted a new Marriage Act that formulated many of the rules of modern marriage. |
| August 2, 1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant was born. |
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