U.S. Citizenship QuestionsName one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
Answer. Any of these is accepted.
Taxation without representation
- Also accepted
- High taxes
- British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses
- They did not have self-government
- Boston Massacre
- Boston Tea Party
- Stamp Act
- Sugar Act
- Townshend Acts
- Intolerable Acts
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