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What is meant by "no taxation without presentation" ?

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The meaning of ""no taxation without representation""means:

  • Colonists objected to paying taxes levied by a parliament they did not elect.

A phrase coined by James Otis in 1761 and it reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti British slogan before the American Revolution.Taxation without representation is a tyranny.

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