Colonial period and independence · Question 5 of 12
Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
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Answer
- A Taxation without representation
Explanation
USCIS lists, among others, high taxes, taxation without representation, the quartering of British soldiers, lack of self-government, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Acts and the Intolerable Acts. The Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Monroe Doctrine (1823) came decades after independence.