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Following the French and Indian War, Britain sought to recoup its debts by imposing taxes on the colonies, including the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts. The colonists, feeling they were being taxed without representation in Parliament, protested these measures vigorously, coining the phrase “no taxation without representation.” [We need to revive this since our representatives found ways to tax us without our permission. Then they tell us it’s patriotic to give them more money they can waste.]
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