The Exception to “No Taxation Without Representation”
by“I know not why we should blush to confess that molasses was an essential ingredient in American independence.”— John Adams[1] A one penny per…
No taxation without representation
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The First “No Taxation Without Representation” Crisis
by“No taxation without representation” was not a notion born in the American colonies in 1765 with the passage of the Stamp Act, or with…
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“No Taxation without Representation” (Part 2)
byIn 1765 Parliament instituted a Stamp Act for the North American colonies, which proved wildly unpopular from Savannah to Halifax, and ultimately unworkable. The…
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“No Taxation without Representation” (Part 1)
byThe primary dispute between Britain and her North American mainland colonies in the 1760s and early 1770s has often been summed up in four…