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Question 77 of 128 · Colonial period and independence

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

Accepted answers

  • High taxes
  • Taxation without representation
  • British soldiers stayed in Americans' houses (boarding, quartering)
  • They did not have self-government
  • Boston Massacre
  • Boston Tea Party (Tea Act)
  • Stamp Act
  • Sugar Act
  • Townshend Acts
  • Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

Any one of these counts as correct — you do not have to give them all.

Why that is the answer

Colonists fought the British over issues like taxation without representation, limits on self-government, and a desire for independence.

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