no taxation without representation
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- representationDepiction or likeness
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- BostonMassachusetts state capital
tea · protest · stamps · liberty · rights · revolution · independence · grievance · consent · monarchy · colonies · founding · patriots · declaration · Congress · George · redcoats · boycott
- American RevolutionDeclaration of Independence, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress, founding fathers, Stamp Act
- Political Quotesall men are created equal, Gettysburg Address, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, nothing to fear
- Founding Principlesinalienable rights, unalienable rights, natural rights, consent of the governed, popular sovereignty
political legitimacy doctrine
no taxation without representationdivine right of kings
Monarchs rule by celestial mandate
taxation without representation · absolute monarchy · sovereign immunity · tribute
colonial/imperial governance
no taxation without representationmercantilism
Trade policy favoring exports
governance philosophy
no taxation without representationautocracy
Rule by one
absolutism · tyranny · despotism · authoritarianism · oligarchy