<P> `` ' No taxation without representation ' '' is a slogan originating during the 1700s that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies , which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution . In short , many in those colonies believed that , as they were not directly represented in the distant British Parliament , any laws it passed affecting the colonists ( such as the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act ) were illegal under the Bill of Rights 1689 , and were a denial of their rights as Englishmen . </P>
<P> `` ' No taxation without representation ' '' is a slogan originating during the 1700s that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies , which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution . In short , many in those colonies believed that , as they were not directly represented in the distant British Parliament , any laws it passed affecting the colonists ( such as the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act ) were illegal under the Bill of Rights 1689 , and were a denial of their rights as Englishmen . </P>
where did the colonists want to have a representative
where did the colonists want to have a representative
British Parliament
British Parliament