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2025 test · Question 77· Colonial Period and Independence

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

Official 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

This is question 77 of 128 on the 2025 civics test, in the “Colonial Period and Independence” part of American History. In the interview, the officer asks up to 20 questions and you need 12 correct answers to pass.

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