Soame Jenyns 'Objections To The Taxation Considered'

Soame Jenyns felt the same way about England’s right to tax. Jenyns was a member of British Parliament and in his work “The Objections to the Taxation Considered” he states that the British have the authority to tax the colonists and he talks about virtual representation. This is the belief that a member of Parliament virtually represents every person in that empire and there is no need for specific representatives in the colonies. His main argument against the colonists is that no Englishman is taxed by his own consent. Every single Englishman is taxed in Britain and the majority are not represented so the colonists are not alone. On page three of his work, he asks them why they didn’t object to the protection England provided to them but