Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress
- Samuel Johnson (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
Written in 1775 in response to the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, Samuel Johnson’s Taxation no Tyranny is a defense of Parliamentary Sovereignty, particularly the right to tax. One of the greatest English prose stylists of his era, Johnson brings his considerable skills to bear against the “zealots of anarchy” in the American colonies who objected to taxation without representation.
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