When American colonists protested the idea of taxation without representation, what Enlightenment idea were they demonstrating? that people must have a say in the laws that they follow that government should be separated into three branches that people should be free to worship as they wish that government must obey the same laws as its citizens Governments should have a legislative branch, which would have the power to create laws.

that people must have a say in the laws that they follow

Explanation:

Taxation without Representation was the American colonist's slogan to show their opposition to the idea of being taxed by the British Parliament of which they have no representatives. Hence, this implies that American colonists should at least have a say in the rules and regulations that govern them.

Hence, in this case, the Enlightenment idea they were demonstrating is " that people must have a say in the laws that they follow."

for the 2 countries u can do china and america because america has a democratic government while china has a communist government.

a democracy is a government run by the people either by directly voting or indirectly by electing representatives. an oligarchy is a government run by a few or a small group of people. a democracy and oligarchy are similar because both in an oligarchy and an indirect democracy, a small group of induvial determine the laws for a large group of people they are different because in an oligarchy it is easier to control and they do not have to answer to a large number of people in the country, unlike a democracy where they do have to answer to a large number of people an county that is a democracy would be the united states. a country that is an oligarchy would be the china.