"No taxation without representation" is a political slogan that originated in the American Revolution, and which expressed one of the primary grievances of the American colonists against Great Britain.

Who started no taxation without representation?

James Otis, a firebrand lawyer, had popularized the phrase “taxation without representation is tyranny” in a series of public arguments.

When was no taxation without representation created?

The act generated intense, widespread opposition in America with its critics labeling it “taxation without representation” and a step toward “despotism.” At the suggestion of the Massachusetts Assembly, delegates from nine of the thirteen American colonies met in New York in October 1765.