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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.
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How do you use the word taxation in a sentence?
Without taxation our government would have no money.
What modern phrase from the common consent clause?
Common consent of our kingdom. This led to no taxation without respresentation
What does theme mean-?
The definition of theme is the topic or representation of an artistic work.
Is taxation an abstract or concrete noun?
The noun 'taxation' is an abstract noun, a word for a process.
What does the word transliteration mean?
A transliteration is a representation of a word using a different alphabet than its alphabet of origin.
What does the phrase no taxation without representation mean?
"no taxation without representation" means that they dont want taxes without somebody to speak for them (the colonists)
What does the phrase taxation without representation' mean?
"no taxation without representation" means that they dont want taxes without somebody to speak for them (the colonists)
What did no taxation without representation mean?
it means to caca
What do people mean when they say no taxation without representation?
No
Why did James Otis say to taxation without representation?
He said "Taxation without representation is tyranny."
Can taxation without representation mean being charged for a good or service without receiving it?
Not really, no. "No taxation without representation" means that no person should be forced to support a government that they are not represented in.
What the British colonist mean when they stated no taxation without representation?
It is the lack of direct representation in the British parliament.
No taxation without representation was a response to no representation in?
Parliament
What was the meaning of taxation without representation?
Getting taxed without your representation.
What was the Act that led to the phrase no taxation without representation?
The stamp act led to the phrase no taxation without representation.
In what year occurred taxation without representation?
Well if want to know taxation without representation started in 1765
What does No taxation without representation! Mean?
Colonists had no one to speak for them in the British Parliament.
