A situation in which a government imposes taxes on a particular group of its citizens, despite the citizens not consenting or having an actual representative deliver their views when the taxation decision was made . The taxation without representaion was one of major causes of the Americaan Revolution. Colonists angrily protested the Stamp Act, they claim the law threatened their prosperity and freedom. Colonial leaders question the colonies, they argue that the colonies had no representation in the Parliament. Many colonists believed th purpose of The Stamp Act was to take away all their liberty. Parliament said they represented everyone in the Empire. Parliament thought colonists were narrow, didn´t want to pay taxes, the parliament had the right to levy taxes. They never sway the colonist.
This Phrase is attributed to James Otis in 1765, it reflected resentment at American being tax by British Parliament to which they had no representative and didn´t vote at all. He argue for this form of representation in the Stamp Act Congress, but he had few delegate who support him.
If taxes were needed, the Americans wanted their own assemblies to control them. This meant that they woudn´t accept taxes from the British Parliament, they wanted to be independent.
