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The colonists believed "taxation without representation" was unfair. What does "taxation without representation" mean?

1.taxes to pay for the French and Indian War

2.no one to speak for them in the British government

3.taxes on goods sent from England

4.hidden taxes

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The phrase taxation without representation describes a populace that is required to pay taxes to a government authority without having any say in that government's policies. The term has its origin in a slogan of the American colonials against their British rulers: "Taxation without representation is tyranny."

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