colonial taxation
Metropole revenue extraction
Colonial taxation refers to taxes imposed by a ruling power on its colonies, often without the colonists having representation in the governing body.
The phrase evokes the American Revolution's rallying cry "no taxation without representation." More broadly, it describes any exploitative extraction of resources from a dominated territory: The new trade policies amounted to colonial taxation by another name.
- poll taxPer-person voting charge
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- customs dutiesTaxes on imports
- Navigation ActsBritish laws regulating colonial commerce
- trade restrictionsBarriers limiting international exchange
protest · mercantilism · tea · imperialism · economic inequality · peasant revolts · export tax · molasses · exploitation · tithe · import tax · land tax · tribute · tax collector · Boston Tea Party · Sons of Liberty · redcoats · American Revolution
colonial taxationself-governance
Independent management of affairs
home rule · self-determination · no taxation without representation · representative government · indigenous sovereignty
colonial taxationdevelopment aid
Support for emerging nations
foreign aid · economic assistance · reinvestment · infrastructure investment