alleryStart learning →What was the colonists' main objection to parliamentary taxation?
AThey lacked British currency
BThey opposed all local taxes
CThey lacked representation
DThey wanted royal tax collectors
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. They lacked representation
Colonists objected that Parliament taxed them although they elected no representatives to it.
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