Two Papers, on the Subject of Taxing the British Colonies in America. The First Entitled, “Some Remarks on the Most Rational and Effectual Means That Can Be Used in the Present Conjuncture for the Future Security and Preservation of the Trade of...
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1767 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This pamphlet collects two anonymous essays on colonial taxation policy in the years leading up to the American Revolution. The first piece proposes measures for securing Great Britain’s colonial trade, while the second lays out a plan for imposing stamp duties on paper and parchment — the kind of taxation scheme that had already provoked fierce colonial backlash following the 1765 Stamp Act.
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