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"For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent" is one of the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence. How does today's U.S. government address this issue?
A. By dividing state and national government
B. By guaranteeing the right to free speech
C. By holding elections for the legislature
D. By imposing term limits on the chief executive

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I believe the answer is B. "By guaranteeing the right to free speech". According to the article Founding.com The Stamp Tax of the early 1760's was the first major cause of the quarrel between the Americans and the British. It occasioned the first strong articulation of the principles of the Declaration by James Otis in 1764, entitled "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved." The principle "no taxation without representation" was soon extended to the whole conduct of government. Not just taxes, but all acts of government must be by "the consent of the governed."