USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -"No taxation without representation” is a political slogan that originated in the American Revolution, and which expressed one of the primary grievances of the American colonists for Great Britain.

Detailed explanation-2: -The phrase taxation without representation describes a populace that is required to pay taxes to a government authority without having any say in that government’s policies. The term has its origin in a slogan of the American colonials against their British rulers: “Taxation without representation is tyranny."1.

Detailed explanation-3: -In May 1765, Virginia’s Patrick Henry wrote the Virginia Resolves, which clearly laid out the “taxation without representation” argument.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Taxation without representation” is a slogan used to describe being forced by a government to pay a tax without having a say-such as through an elected representative-in the actions of that government.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be “No Taxation without Representation” and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.