num_pages: 432
description: John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement.
language: English
title: Constitutional History of the American Revolution: The Authority to Tax
titlecomplete: Constitutional History of the American Revolution: The Authority to Tax
ratings_count: 3
series: Constitutional History of the American Revolution
publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press