Led by Samuel Adams, the Massachusetts legislature issued a letter declaring that the Townshend Acts were unconstitutional because they violated which principle?
A) "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
B) "life, liberty, and property"
C) "no taxation without liberty, peace, and prosperity"
D) "no taxation without representation"
E) "deliberative assembly of one nation with one interest"
D
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