官方第 77 题US Citizenship Test
Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
请说出美国人宣布脱离英国独立的一个原因。
正确答案
Taxation without representation
无代表的征税
也可接受: 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
原因
殖民者反对英国议会(殖民地在其中没有代表)通过的税收(“无代表的征税”),反对英军在他们家中驻扎,也反对《印花税法》和《不可容忍法令》等法律。波士顿惨案(1770 年)和波士顿倾茶事件(1773 年)加深了冲突。
答案选项
- ABritain refused to sell them the Louisiana Territory英国拒绝把路易斯安那领地卖给他们
- BBritain would not let them build railroads英国不允许他们修建铁路
- CTaxation without representation无代表的征税
- DBritain wanted them to fight in World War I英国想让他们参加第一次世界大战