Question

What is the main idea, message/important details to the quote “ if taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal Representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the Character of free Subjects to the miserable State of tributary Slaves?”

-Samuel Adams

Answer 1

Both passages develop the idea that boycotting could bring attention to people who were treated unfairly, including enslaved people

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Answer 2

Hello! The main idea of the quotation that Samuel Adams gave is the famous "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION". What he's trying to say that, if the British parliament is going to impose taxes on the American colonists, then the colonists should have a say on the Parliament when it comes to taxes and laws.