“Taxation without representation is tyranny!!” The original phrase was “No taxation without representation”. James Otis, lawyer in colonial Mass. , thought that the phrase was not quite right, therefore changed it to “Taxation without representation is tyranny!” The British parliament decided to tax sugar in the colonies in the sugar act. James Otis ,with other colonists, did not agree with the sugar act and started protesting against it. The stamp act had come up partially directly after “Taxation without representation is tyranny”. Parliament had passed the stamp act and due to that, all of the colonies had gotten affected. Furthermore, because the stamp act had been passed by parliament, there were more items that now had tax added to
