What does James Otis's quote MEAN? "Taxation without representation, is tyranny?"

Without the colonists having a representative in the British Parliament, they could be taxed on whatever the king wanted taxed. The definition of tyranny is an oppressive government, and because of several taxes on popular goods used in the colonies, it oppressed the economy there. Also, the Declaratory Act stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever.", which is an example of oppressive government as well.

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the historians cited in the article all agree with one another about the cause of the civil war. despite coming from different backgrounds and cultures, the historians agree that slavery was the root cause of the civil war. the fact that all these historiansgenerally agree with one another makes their shared viewpoints more reliable and valid, especially because the historians have different backgrounds and all work for the well-respected institutions of howard university, clemson university, and the university of colorado.