Read this passage from the English Petition of Right. [N]o man [should] be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of Parliament. What is the key idea in this passage?

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There should be no taxation without representation.

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Read this passage from the English Petition of Right. [N]o man [should] be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of Parliament. What is the key idea in this passage?

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