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title: "Why was the phrase \"No taxation without representation\" used during the revolution?"  
description: "Why was the phrase \"No taxation without representation\" used during the revolution?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-20  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42689/why-was-the-phrase-no-taxation-without-representation-used-during-the-revolution  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the phrase "No taxation without representation" used during the revolution? 

Why was the phrase "No [taxation without representation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40841/why-did-the-colonists-object-so-strongly-to-the-idea-of-taxation-without-representation)" used during the revolution?


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