Flashcard 20 - Civics Flashcard Set for the U.S. Citizenship Test
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Correct answers would be any on this list:
- 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
Explanation:
There were many reasons that the American colonists declared independence to break away from Great Britain. Most of these can be summarized by colonists being taxed while not having adequate representation in government.
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