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No Taxation Without Representation: American Colonies

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No taxation without representation: American colonists being taxed by the parliament, and they elected no representatives. British supports the idea of virtual representation. No taxation without representation was going on during 1750s- 1760s.
The stamp act in 1765 caused the american colonists to question certain rights. The stamp act was made by the Parliament to get more money from colonists because after the French and Indian war they ran out of money.
Stamp act forced taxes on printed legal documents. The declaration of rights was their first achieved thing as a congress. Colonists had to purchase stamps from the tax collector and place the stamps on any legal documents to show they had paid their tax. Colonists began to join the patriots

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