This means that if the colonists had to go to court for doing something wrong, they would not be able to have a trial by Jury. Some acts that imposed taxes were the, Tea Act and the Townshend act.
“For imposing taxes on us without our consent”. This ties in with the famous cry of “no taxation without representation.” The specific acts it refers to (among other) are the stamp Act, The declaration act and the Rea act of 1773
