Patrick Henry's resolution in the Virginia legislature implied that Americans possessed all the rights of Englishmen, that the principle of no taxation without representation was an essential part of the British Constitution, and that Virginia alone had the right to tax Virginians.
帕特里克·亨利在弗吉尼亚立法院的决议暗示了：美洲人民拥有所有英国臣民享有的权利；无代表不纳税原则是英国宪法的基本组成部分；只有弗吉尼亚有权收取弗吉尼亚人民的税。