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What made the American colonists to raise the slogan ‘No Taxation without Representation’?

“No taxation without representation,” a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s. The slogan summarizes a primary complaint of the British Colonists in the 13 colonies. It was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.


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