Declaration of Independence question. I really need some help!!!?

Question

According to the Declaration of why are governments created? And how do the colonists explain "No taxation without representation"?

Answer 1

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —
"The area between the -'s are what you want."
During the years prior to and during the Revolution, advocates of American independence decried the fact that the American colonies were required to pay taxes to London, yet they had no representatives in Parliament. The Americans protested loss of a historic right of all Englishmen, that only their elected representatives could levy a tax.
The British government argued that the colonists had virtual representation in their interests. In English history "no taxation without representation" was an old principle, and meant that Parliament had to pass all taxes. At first the "representation" was held to be one of land but by 1700 this had shifted to the notion that in Parliament all British subjects had a "virtual representation." "We virtually and implicitly allow the institutions of any government of which we enjoy the benefit and solicit the protection," declared Samuel Johnson in his political pamphlet Taxation No Tyranny. He rejected the plea that the colonists, who had no vote, were unrepresented. "They are represented," he said, "by the same virtual representation as the greater part of England."

Answer 2

I don't know the first answer but I can elaborate on the second. The colonist were upset that taxes were being imposed on the colonies without them having any say. There were no colonist in Parliament arguing there case. therefore they thought it was unjust for them to be taxed without being properly represented in Parliament.

Answer 3

I believe our government began to tax us during WWI or was it WWII?? Well anyways, after the war was over they never stopped taxing us. So, the old saying is true that the only thing definite in life is Death and Taxes.

Answer 4

Try either of these two sites:

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_transcript.html

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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