John Adams of Massachusetts argued that allowing Parliament to tax the colonists without their consent threatened the sanctity of private property and personal liberty.

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John Adams, among other colonial leaders, argued against taxation without representation, asserting that it violated the principles of private property and personal liberty, as it meant colonists were being taxed by a Parliament in which they had no elected representatives.

John Adams of Massachusetts Argued That Allowing Parliament to Tax