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Question 77 of 128Colonial Period and Independence

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

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USCIS accepts any of these 10 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

Source: USCIS M-1778 (09/25), page 11.

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Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

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