taxation without representation

noun

American History.

1. a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; in full, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”

Example Sentences

Such arbitrary taxation without representation is precisely what the Constitution’s Framers sought to prevent by vesting power over taxes and trade with Congress.

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An eighth grader would say: “Isn’t there a problem with that? Remember, we learned that in the American Revolution, they didn’t like taxation without representation. Didn’t they throw tea into the pond somewhere?”

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The whole project smacked of the taxation without representation that America was founded to resist.

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A new global climate tax would be the ultimate in taxation without representation.

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Yes, this is the definition of taxation without representation.

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