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What were the direct causes of the American Revolution? Select three options.
Colonists’ rights were restricted.
Colonists were not represented in Parliament.
Colonists didn’t want England ruling from far away.
Colonists were frustrated with high taxation.
Colonists had a negative reaction to the Boston Tea Party.
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Correct options:
- Colonists’ rights were restricted.
- Colonists were not represented in Parliament.
- Colonists were frustrated with high taxation.
Brief explanation: Parliament’s policies after the French and Indian War (taxes like the Stamp and Townshend Acts, restrictions on trade and expansion, and measures that limited colonial self-government) — combined with the grievance of “no taxation without representation” — directly fueled colonial anger and ultimately the Revolution. The other choices are not accurate causes: the Boston Tea Party was a colonial protest (British reprisal, the Intolerable Acts, not colonial reaction, helped push toward war), and dislike of distant rule is too vague to be a direct cause.
- Colonists’ rights were restricted.
- Colonists were not represented in Parliament.
- Colonists were frustrated with high taxation.
Brief explanation: Parliament’s policies after the French and Indian War (taxes like the Stamp and Townshend Acts, restrictions on trade and expansion, and measures that limited colonial self-government) — combined with the grievance of “no taxation without representation” — directly fueled colonial anger and ultimately the Revolution. The other choices are not accurate causes: the Boston Tea Party was a colonial protest (British reprisal, the Intolerable Acts, not colonial reaction, helped push toward war), and dislike of distant rule is too vague to be a direct cause.
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