Question

1. What did the colonists mean by 'No taxation without representation'?

Answer 1

Answer:

C. It was unfair to tax the colonists since they were not represented in the British Parliament.

Explanation:

The phrase taxation without representation describes a populace that is required to pay taxes to a government authority without having any say in that government's policies. The term has its origin in a slogan of the American colonials against their British rulers: "Taxation without representation is tyranny."1