← Su'ega o le Sitiseni Amerika · Question 77 / 128
77. Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
Ta'u mai se tasi mafua'aga na fa'ailoa ai e tagata Amerika le tuto'atasi mai Peretania.
Tali · Answer
Taxation without representation
Lafoga e aunoa ma se sui (taxation without representation)
All USCIS-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 of these is a correct answer at the interview. The red answer above is the simplest one to memorize.