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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly:
The American War of Independence was the first organized political revolution in the history of the world. In this context answer the following question:
Why did the American colonists refuse to pay taxes imposed by the British Parliament in London? Give an account of the Boston Tea Party incident.
उत्तर
The American colonists refused to pay taxes as they argued that the British Parliament had no right to tax the colonists since they had no representatives in the Parliament. In 1773, a group of colonists, disguised as Red Indians, raided British ships in Boston harbour and threw 340 crates of tea into the sea. This incident was a protest against the new taxes including a tax on tea, imposed on the colonies. The importance of this act was that it was an act of open defiance of the colonists against British authority.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank:
In about 200 years, the United States of America transformed itself into the most ___________ country of the world.
Fill in the blanks:
The revolutionary writings of political philosophers like _______, _______ and _____________ greatly influenced the middle-class intellectuals in France.
Fill in the blank
England had ______________ in North America.
Answer the following question
What were the causes of the American War of Independence?
The moderate liberals who wanted to retain Louis XVI as a limited monarchy were called____________.
“Taxation without Representation” led to the outbreak of American War of Independence – Explain
Why did the local tea traders boycott the foreign tea?
Why didn’t the colonies begin fighting for the sake of independence?
The first president of the American Republic was ______.
Answer all questions given under the heading.
Plantations and the slave labor
- Why did the southern states resort to acquiring slaves from Africa?
- How were these slaves treated?
- Did the Northern state resort to acquiring slaves? Give reasons.
- What happened to the Native Americans?
