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Sons of Liberty
It means that a government taxes a group of people without their representation in their government. The slogan "no taxation without representation" was coined when Britain taxed the American colonies but there was no American representation in British Parliament.
While there was no official group name, those that protested taxation without representation in the colonies were simply known as colonials. The colonials also protested against British impressment of Americans on the high seas.
It means a government does not have the right to tax a group of people without them being represented in the government.Read more: What_does_the_statement_no_taxation_without_representation_mean
In a group of people who act perfectly with others and who step up to do what is needed to be done without pay you could have no government without taxation. But, face it even the Amish have a governing body and they are very good people. So the whole idea of a nation not having representation or military provision or police or schools and no taxation is ludicrous.
It means, 'We will only pay taxes that our representatives in a House or Assembly [or similar body] have approved and passed into a law. Today it is used by residents of Washington D.C. to protest the lack of Congressional representation for the district. Washington D.C. does not have Congressional representation because it is neither a state, nor part of a state. There are initiatives in Congress to try to provide D.C. with representation. It means a government does not have the right to tax a group of people without them being represented in the government. No taxation without representation means that the people are being taxed by a government that did not represent them. It means, 'We will only pay taxes that our representatives in a House or Assembly [or similar body] have approved and passed into a law. It also means that if you pay taxes, then you are entitled to have a say in how that money will be spent (i.e., to have a vote in the elections of the representatives with the fiscal powers.
They are currently known as Americans. See "Boston Tea Party".
It means, 'We will only pay taxes that our representatives in a House or Assembly [or similar body] have approved and passed into a law.The slogan was used by the American revolutionaries and meant they they weren't willing to pay taxes imposed by the British House of Commons - as they were not represented there.It can also mean that if you expect me to pay taxes then I am entitled to a say in how that money will be spent i.e. to have a vote in the elections to the the body with fiscal powers.
ANSWER : When people consider the causes of the American Revolution, the slogan "No Taxation Without Representation" comes to mind. And so does the Boston Tea Party (1773), the Stamp Act (1765), and those "Sons of Liberty" tarring and feathering British officials in the streets. That is, of course, for those who actually have a clue about the American Revolution. For most people, a question about the causes of the American Revolution would probably draw blank looks or that "deer-in-the-headlights" expression.
This was a slogan that emerged shortly before the American Revolution, when colonists complained that they had no one to speak for them in the British Parliament.No taxation without representation means that the people are being taxed by a government that did not represent them. For example, England was taxing the colonists in the New World, but the colonists had no voice in the matter.It means, 'We will only pay taxes that our representatives in a House or Assembly [or similar body] have approved and passed into a law.The slogan was used by the American revolutionaries and meant they they weren't willing to pay taxes imposed by the British House of Commons - as they were not represented there.It also means that if you pay taxes, then you are entitled to have a say in how that money will be spent (i.e., to have a vote in the elections of the representatives with the fiscal powers. I
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