The section of the Declaration of Independence titled "The Charges Against the King is extremely important. The English Declaration of Rights included a similar section, so without indicating the revolutions' causes it would have been very difficult to justify independence. Today and during the time of the revolution many of the accusations seemed rather weak and unsupported. However there were some that were considered by all to be significant infractions. One of these is "no taxation without representation" or more specifically "For imposing taxes on us without our consent.
The fact that England was taxing the people without representation was by no means a trivial matter. The principle of no taxation without representation dates back to Magna Carta in 1215. …
