2006-11-30 17:31:28 · 5 answers · asked by give it to me baby 3 in Social Science ➔ Economics
The phrase is "no taxation without representation." It means if I don't have a voice in the government, I'm not giving the government any money.
2006-11-30 17:33:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
Taxation Without Representation Definition
2016-12-17 11:58:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put simply "No taxation without representation" means, basically what it implies. The Colonies were paying monies (in the form of taxation/stamp duties to England on the gods being imported into the colonies. This revenue was used partly to of set the cost of the war between England and France, partly to help maintain the British troops still within the territories administered by The Crown, but most vexingly, to pay for social and institutional improvements within the British Isles which did nothing to benefit the population of the 13 Colonies.
The Colonies, as the name so obviously implies, were neither autonomous nor self-sufficient, albeit, They could produce most domestic conquerable other than luxury items.
The majority of the "Americans" were relatively happy with this system. However some far sighted men realized that the only way that "America" could ever hope to advance was by keeping Her assets at home where they could be put to better uses, i.e., in the foundation of infrastructure and social reform programs.
The Colonists had virtually no say in how Their tax money was spent, They had no rights by which They could really appeal any decision reached, nor any real legal avenue to seek redress or justiciable equity.
The only way a truly "legally binding" freedom could be obtained was by "annexing" the British, and creating a new style of open government, in which each citizen had indivisible rights that would be enforceable at law. Hence the War of Independence.
2006-11-30 18:08:01 · answer #3 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"No taxation without representation" was a catchphrase in the period 1763-1775 that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen colonies leading to the Revolution. Americans complained vehemently that taxes were imposed by the imperial government in which the colonies had no voice or representation. They protested this was a loss of a historic right of all Englishmen, that only their elected representatives could levy a tax. The Americans rejected the Stamp Act 1765 (which was repealed), and in 1773 violently rejected the tax on tea at the Boston Tea Party. When Britain started punishing the resistance, the Americans armed themselves and seized control of each colony, ousting the royal governors. The complaint was never over the amount of taxation (which was small), but always on the decision-making process by which taxes were decided in London, without representation for the colonists in the Parliament.
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2006-11-30 17:35:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2015-08-18 03:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the colonists were being taxed by the King of England - and we had no voice in the matter
oh - and the Boston Tea Party was over a 1% tax on tea
what would they say if they knew what we were paying today??
Want to make it just another day - and not dread April 15th???
Keep all your paycheck - no federal taxes?? NO IRS???
Support the Fair Tax - Senate bill 25 and HR 25 in the House of Representatives
2006-11-30 17:36:37 · answer #6 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's what we have now..we pay taxes and our govt does less and less for us. So are we represented? Is it all show, or go?
2006-11-30 17:39:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋