It was, they felt, "taxation without representation." Many colonists worried that the attempts to impose taxes would only get worse. They decided to do something about it.

The phrase “no taxation without representation” is often repeated but rarely understood. But when Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765, it was well understood by commoners and gentlemen ...

NowThis. No Taxation Without Representation — Unless You’re Trump. Posted: April 8, 2025 | Last updated: April 8, 2025. The U.S. was founded after a tiny tariff on tea was imposed without ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago the American colonists believed that King George should not impose taxes on them without representation. That grievance still exists today but this time it’s ...

The rallying cry of the American Revolution, “No taxation without representation,” leaves us with the impression that taxation was the primary irritant between Britain and the colonies. Yet ...

Pennsylvania’s closed primaries force students like me to choose between our political values and our civic duties.

“The quote on our license plates – ‘Taxation Without Representation’ – is a constant reminder … that over 700,000 American citizens living in the Capitol have no voting representation ...

Colonial patriots demanded “no taxation without representation” for a voice in their governance. Their descendants, living on the very ground they trod, deserve the same.

“Taxation without representation!” was the battle cry in America’s 13 Colonies, which were forced to pay taxes to England’s King George III despite having no representation in the British ...

“No Taxation Without Representation,” the motto on District license plates, will prove a powerful political slogan for Democrats, but the Constitution requires a federal district. DEAN KARAYANIS Mr.

On Dec. 16, 1773, American colonists, angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Co., into the Boston harbor.