Led by Samuel Adams, the Massachusetts legislature issued a letter declaring that the Townshend Acts were unconstitutional because they violated which principle?

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The principle of "no taxation without representation" was central to the objections against the Townshend Acts, as the colonies had no representatives in the British Parliament that imposed these taxes. This principle argued that it was unfair for the colonies to be taxed by a government in which they had no elected representatives.

Led by Samuel Adams, the Massachusetts Legislature Issued a Letter