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How was no taxation without representation used to ignite patriotism in the english colonies?

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Taxation without representation is tyranny definition. A slogan of the Revolutionary War and the years before. The colonists were not allowed to choose representatives to parliament in London, which passed the laws under which they were taxed.
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