USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The slogan ‘No taxation with representation’ became the cause of the American revolution as the colonists protested that they were taxed by the British Government but they were not given representation in the British Parliament.

Detailed explanation-2: -In response, the colony declared that it had the right to levy taxes through Parliament and was not represented in the British Parliament. So they put up the slogan, “No taxation without representation."

Detailed explanation-3: -The well-known slogan “no taxation without representation, ” which colonists adopted in protest of the Stamp Act, was meant to problematize Parliament’s claim to legislative authority over the colonies. The colonies had no representatives in Parliament.

Detailed explanation-4: -In short, many colonists believed that as they were not represented in the distant British parliament, any taxes it imposed on the colonists (such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts) were unconstitutional, and were a denial of the colonists’ rights as Englishmen.

Detailed explanation-5: -Samuel Adams and Benjamin Franklin were among the most influential voices arguing that since the American colonies were not represented in the British Parliament, that body had no right to tax them. The slogan “No taxation without representation!” arose from colonial opposition to the Stamp Act and proved enduring.