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Representation |
the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented."asylum-seekers should be guaranteed good legal advice and representation" |
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Taxation |
the levying of tax.money paid as tax. |
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Townshend Acts |
A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer CharlesTownshend in 1767, the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. ... In 1770, Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except ... |
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parliament |
in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. |
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Boycott |
A boycott is an act of voluntary and intentional abstention from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for social, political, or environmental reasons. |
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Colonial |
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Affairs |
an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to."the board admitted responsibility for the affair" |
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Taxation without representation |
a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; in full, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”. |
