Americans declared independence due to growing anger over British policies after the French and Indian Wars. High taxes like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Acts angered colonists who faced taxation without representation in Parliament. British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (quartering), and colonists did not have self-government under royal governors. Events like the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party (Tea Act), and Intolerable (Coercive) Acts showed British oppression, pushing the colonies toward revolution.
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