The Caribbean islands are called the West Indies to correct the name, Indies, mistakenly given by Christopher Columbus. Columbus thought he had reached the Indies of Asia.
We also have lists of Words that end with tax, and words that start with tax. Search for words that start with a letter or word: 11 Letter words that contain tax. 1  Epitaxially. 2  Paclitaxels. 3  Phototaxies. 4  Phyllotaxes. 5  Phyllotaxis. 6  Pleiotaxies. 7  Stereotaxic.
Origin of Phrase. The phrase No Taxation Without Representation! was coined by Reverend Jonathan Mayhew in a sermon in Boston in 1750. By 1765 the term no taxation without representation was in use in Boston, but no one is sure who first used it. British perspectives.