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title: "Why did the colonists object so strongly to the idea of taxation without representation?"  
description: "Why did the colonists object so strongly to the idea of taxation without representation?"  
author: "camila johnson"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40841/why-did-the-colonists-object-so-strongly-to-the-idea-of-taxation-without-representation  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the colonists object so strongly to the idea of taxation without representation? 

Why did the [colonists object](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51278/why-did-colonists-object-to-the-proclamation-of-1763) so strongly to the idea of [taxation without representation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42689/why-was-the-phrase-no-taxation-without-representation-used-during-the-revolution)?


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