1764, the slogan "No taxation without representation" in North America opposed the British taxation of the colonies, and cited the long-standing British political tradition as the legal basis. At that time, the anti-tax leaders also called the resistance movement "the act of safeguarding the freest British Constitution in the world".

The war of independence began to confront the British economic policy, but later, because France joined the war against Britain, the scope of the war far exceeded that of British North America.

The long-term exploitation of the colonies by Britain has seriously hindered the economic development of the colonies in North America. In order to counter the British economic policy, the people of North America rose up and fought. The shooting in Lexington, which started in April 1775. 1776 On July 4th, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson, proclaiming the birth of the United States.

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"No taxation without representation" was originally a slogan, which first appeared between 1763 and 1776, which embodied the greatest dissatisfaction of the residents of the former 13 British colonies in North America at that time.

To put it simply, many colonial residents believe that it is illegal to deprive North Americans of their rights as British citizens because they have no direct representatives in the British Parliament.

Therefore, laws that require colonial people to pay taxes (that is, laws that may directly affect people's lives) and other laws against colonies are unconstitutional.