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प्रश्न
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.
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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 Harbor 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 blanks:
The revolutionary writings of political philosophers like _______, _______ and _____________ greatly influenced the middle-class intellectuals in France.
State whether the following is true or false:
The American colonists were rigid and conservative.
The defeat of British at ____________ paved the way for the friendship between France and America.
Choose the correct statement
Assertion (A): There was a massive peasant revolt in the Vendee against conscriptions.
Reason (R): The peasants as supporters of the king did not like to fight against him.
What was the background for the storming of Bastille Prison?
The native Americans were ______.
What was the role played by Cornwallis in the American war of Independence?
Mention the importance of the victory of the Americans at Yorktown.
Mention the three major revolutions in the second half of the eighteenth century in the modern world.
How did the American war of Independence ended in the declaration of independence?
