Taxation Dulany Summary

Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of raising a Revenue, by Act of Parliament was a primary document written by Daniel Dulany in 1765. To give some context, this was around the time that the colonies and the British began to have hostility and tensions between them. In this document, Dulany writes about how the English government was treating the colonies unfairly and too harshly. Dulany never uses the word Stamp Act, but it is strongly implied that he is not in support of it. He believes that the way the colonists were being represented was too low of a status. He urges the intended audience, which are the British monarchs and Parliament that he does not want more power, but rather to be respected. Dulany writes," I am …show more content…
He mentions that the tax is not only unjust, but that Britain was taxing them for the wrong reasons. He is under the assumption that England is using the colonist's tax money to simply collect revenue and not for a more practical purpose, like regulating trade. In order to show how England was using the colonist's tax money, Dulany states, “there is a clear and necessary Distinction between an Act imposing a tax for the single purpose of revenue, and those Acts which have been made for the regulation of trade" (2). He does not seem to be too bothered by the tax on trade, as it is beneficial and necessary. It is only taxation with the sole purpose of raising revenue that he vehemently opposes. To show his opposition to the revenue tax, he writes, “A right to impose an internal tax on the colonies, without their consent for the single purpose of revenue, is denied" (2). Dulany showed how unjustly hard working Americans were being taxed by the British in order to make