Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

Accepted 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

Any one of these 10 answers is accepted. You do not need to give all of them — the officer is listening for one correct response.