Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

Related 2008 question

The 2008 test covers the same fact from another angle.

• 2008 Question 61: Why did the colonists fight the British?because of high taxes (taxation without representation) · because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) · because they didn't have self-government

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 77 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.

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More Colonial Period and Independence questions

• Question 74: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?American Indians · Native Americans
• Question 75: What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?Africans · People from Africa
• Question 76: What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?American Revolution · The (American) Revolutionary War · War for (American) Independence
• Question 78: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?(Thomas) Jefferson
• Question 79: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?July 4, 1776