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Q. 73 / 128American History → Colonial Period & Independence

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

OFFICIAL ANSWER
  • 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
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Context

Between 1765 and 1776, Britain passed a series of acts taxing the colonies to recover costs from the French and Indian War. Colonists argued that "taxation without representation" violated their fundamental rights as Englishmen. Tensions escalated through events like the Boston Massacre (1770) and Boston Tea Party (1773), culminating in the Declaration of Independence in July 1776.

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