print email comment close History of Property Taxes in the United States URL: http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/fisher.property.tax.history.us Description: This essay describes the history of taxes based on ownership of property from Colonial times through the 20th century in the U.S. Topics include property taxes during the Revolutionary War, 19th century uniformity provisions ("property be taxed equally by value") in state constitutions, failure of the general property tax provisions in the 20th century, and California's tax revolt in 1978 (Proposition 13). Includes a short bibliography. By an emeritus professor from Wichita State University. Author: Fisher, Glenn W. Publisher: EH.Net Encyclopedia Extra Keywords prop LII Database Information: Record 21993 created by Maria Brandt on 06/27/2006 Last modification on 06/27/2006 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 06/12/2007 Charlotte Bagby on 02/27/2007 Charlotte Bagby on 09/09/2006 Published: 06/29/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21993