Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

Correct answer to question 77: High taxes

Acceptable 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

Why

The colonists objected to taxes imposed without any voice in Parliament, to soldiers quartered in their homes, and to being denied self-government.