Question: A) What does Taxation without Representation mean? (U2.1) (1 point)In October 1765, delegates from nine colonies met in New York at what came to be calledthe Stamp Act Congress. They found common ground in opposing Britain's new laws and taxes.They published many articles in newspapers, part of a propaganda campaign to draw attentionto the injustice of

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What does Taxation without Representation mean?
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In October
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delegates from nine colonies met in New York at what came to be called
the Stamp Act Congress. They found common ground in opposing Britain's new laws and taxes.
They published many articles in newspapers, part of a propaganda campaign to draw attention
to the injustice of the Stamp Act.
The colonies had no voting representatives in Parllament
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Britain
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s Congress
)
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and therefore no
one to act in their interests. Yet, Britain imposed taxes on the colonists.
The Declaratory Act stated that Parliament had "full power and authority to make laws" for
Britain's colonies in North America. In other words, Parliament could tax the colonies if it voted
to do so
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A) What does Taxation without Representation mean?

Taxation without Representation refers to the principle that it is unjust to levy taxes on individuals or groups who do not have a voice or representation in the governing body that imposes those taxes. In the context of the American colonies, it meant that the colonists were being taxed by the British Parliament without having any representatives in that Parliament to advocate for their interests or consent to those taxes. This concept was a major grievance leading to the American Revolution, as colonists believed they should not be subject to taxation without a say in the legislative process.