not in the paper money then being issued by several of the colonies. Grenville doubted the ability of the colonies to tax themselves, apparently disbelieving that the colonists would voluntarily contribute to the support of British troops in peacetime. In response to the colonists' argument that under the English Constitution Parliament could not tax the colonists since they sent no elected representatives to Parliament, Grenville claimed that the colonists were "virtually represented" in Parliament, along with the other citizens of England who could not vote. In the debate which followed, none of the opponents denied the ability of Pa
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