Taxation without representation is tyranny.

Question

Why did James Otis make this statement?

Group of answer choices

He was the head of the Massachusetts Committee of Correspondence.

He believed that America's representatives in Parliament were corrupt.

He believed American colonists should be able to vote in Parliament.

He was a Loyalist who supported British taxes after the war with France.

Answer 1

James Otis made the statement "Taxation without representation is tyranny" to express his belief that American colonists should have a voice in the decisions that affected them, particularly in relation to taxation imposed by the British Parliament. The most accurate choice reflecting this belief is:

He believed American colonists should be able to vote in Parliament.

Otis argued that it was unjust for the colonies to be taxed by a government in which they had no elected representatives.