Dbq 10 American Revolution
John Lochhead Tobey 5
10/11/10 American Revolution
The phrase “no taxation without representation” was used in Boston but no one is sure who first used it. Boston politician James Otis was famously associated with the phrase “taxation without representation is tyranny.” The British Parliament had controlled colonial trade and taxed imports and exports, and the Americans have been deprived of a right. The English Bill of Rights written in 1689 had forbidden the imposition of taxes without the consent of Parliament. Since the colonists had
10/11/10 American Revolution
The phrase “no taxation without representation” was used in Boston but no one is sure who first used it. Boston politician James Otis was famously associated with the phrase “taxation without representation is tyranny.” The British Parliament had controlled colonial trade and taxed imports and exports, and the Americans have been deprived of a right. The English Bill of Rights written in 1689 had forbidden the imposition of taxes without the consent of Parliament. Since the colonists had