Benjamin Franklin, as he was one of the founding fathers of the American Enlightenment movement.
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The taxation to the colonists. Britain said that they could do that because they were in charge of everything that happened in their territory. The colonists said that they could not be taxed because there was no representation in Britain's Parliament.
The colonists were opposed to any tax imposed on them by Great Britain. In addition to voicing their opposition, the colonists also boycotted trade with Great Britain.
Great Britain
requirement that the colonists pay taxes on British goods
England, a country that was a part of Great Britain.