The fact is the colonies were British and as far as the government was concerned they had to help pay for the war that was fought to defend the colonies. People like Washington were British officers in the war and the government didn't see it as " taxation without representation ."
James Otis Jr. (1725-1783) During a Boston town meeting in 1765 protesting the Sugar Act (1764), Otis stated that "taxation without representation is tyranny."
American colonists objected to British taxes because the colonists had no vote on the taxes and no representation in the British parliament. The colonists' catchphrase for protests was "taxation without representation", because they were being taxed without representation in the parliament and that's why they were mad.
They meant that the British would have to have a good reason for taxing the Americans. If there was not a good explanation, then there was reason for taxation.
Colonists united in their anger against British taxation without representation.
It was taxation without representation through parliament it was about taxation without representation through parliament
The British colonists in America before the War of Independence (no taxation without representation /in the British Parliament/).
"No Taxation Without Representation!" was the phrase.
No taxation without representation in parliament
The fundamental reason the colonists revolted was taxation without representation.
In a nutshell, they were angry because they had no direct representation in the British Government. Taxation without representation!
"No taxation without representation"
"No taxation without representation"
Taxation without representation??
"No taxation without representation!"
Taxation Without Representation is Tyranny
Duh! The colonists felt that they were still British Citizens & thought that they should've had ALLof the rights of a, well...Citizen. One of those rights were "Representation in Parliament" WHICH they were NOT given even after YEARS of trying!
Taxation without representation was a huge complaint by the colonists because they believed it violated their rights as English citizens. They argued that since they had no elected representatives in the British Parliament, they had no say in decisions regarding taxation. This lack of representation was seen as unfair and oppressive, leading to increasing tensions between the colonists and the British government.