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  2. Who said no taxation without presentation? - Answers

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    no one of historical significance ever said that. However, Jonathan Mayhew (1750) coined the phrase "Taxation without representation is tyranny" From 1765-1776, this was reduced to Taxation ...

  3. What did the American colonist mean by no taxation without ... -...

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    The colonists were not being represented even though they paid their taxes. Wiki User. ∙ 15y ago. Requiring people to pay a tax without giving the people an opportunity to decide whether or not ...

  4. Why Taxation without representation? - Answers

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    Taxation without being represented in government."No taxation without representation" is a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the British ...

  5. How did the slogan No taxation with out representation sum up the...

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    No taxation without representation" is a slogan originating during the 1750s and representation, but the idea "found little support on either side of the Atlantic. This answer is:

  6. What does the term 'no taxation without representation' mean?

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    Taxation without representation came about due to the distance between England and the American colonies. Because the Colonies were ruled by England, English Parlaiment made decisions concerning ...

  7. Who is the Massachusetts lawyer who said Taxation without ...

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    James Otis Jr. (1725-1783) is the lawyer who argued that "taxation without representation is tyranny" during a Boston town meeting in 1765 protesting the Sugar Act (1764).

  8. What No taxation without representation is a reaction of?

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    No taxation without representation was a response to no representation in? Parliament How did the concept of representative government influence the colonists' reaction to the Stamp Act?

  9. Who was the first to say no taxation without representation?

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    James Otis made this claim in 1764. What he really said was 'the (English) Parliament had no right to tax unrepresented subject....no more right to make 2 and 2, 5. ' He was wrong but he gained a ...

  10. Why did James Otis say to taxation without representation ... -...

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    James Otis (February 5, 1725 - May 23, 1783) was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature and one of the foremost voices of the American Revolution. His precise phrase was "[t]axation without ...

  11. Who said 'The US will fall without a shot being fired'? - Answers

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    Best Answer. This quote is taken from a speech Nikita Khrushchev made before the U.N. in the early years of the Cold War. "America will fall without a shot being fired. It will fall from within."