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Line 11: − The phrase "No Taxation Without Representation!" was coined by Reverend [[Jonathan Mayhew]] in a sermon in Boston in 1750. By 1765 the term "no taxation without representation" was in use in Boston. Boston politician [[James Otis]] was most famously associated with the term, "taxation without representation is tyranny." <ref>Daniel A. Smith, ''Tax Crusaders and the Politics of Direct Democracy,'' (1998), 21-23</ref>+
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, 17:51, April 6, 2019James Otis is usually credited with the phrase.
==Origin of Phrase==
==Origin of Phrase==
By 1765 the term "no taxation without representation" was in use in Boston. Boston politician [[James Otis]] was most famously associated with the term, "taxation without representation is tyranny." <ref>Daniel A. Smith, ''Tax Crusaders and the Politics of Direct Democracy,'' (1998), 21-23</ref>
==British perspectives==
==British perspectives==