A prospect of the consequences of the present conduct of Great-Britain towards America.
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1776 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
Conceding the fact of virtual representation in England, this pamphlet takes the view that it actually undermines Parliament’s authority to tax the colonies because none of the representatives in Parliament could ever feel the effects of their taxes, as they would from one levied in their own country. Here, the author contends, both the actually and virtually represented must be taxed the same, lest the injustice of “taxation without representation would then be evident and manifest.”
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