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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Barstable, Massachusetts
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Andover, Massachusetts
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James Otis, Jr. was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts and the phrase "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny" is usually attributed to him.

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James Otis, Jr. was an American political activist and lawyer in colonial Massachusetts during the period leading up to the American Revolution. The phrase "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny" is usually attributed to him. He helped formulate and draft official colonists' grievances that he sent to the government in England on their behalf. He was struck by lightening and died in 1783.

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