When Americans objected to the Stamp Act with the cry of "no taxation without representation, the British reply was
O that Americans could over-ride the taxes imposed by the imperial government through a two-thirds vote in both houses of their colonial legislatures
O to agree to only use the funds collected from these taxes to improve the
American colonies
O that by means of virtual representation, the interests of Americans had been considered in Parliament
that because this was an internal tax, no approval from the Americans was needed