One Change in Colonial Policy by the British Government That

question 20

Multiple Choice

One change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved

• A) removing British troops from American soil.
• B) drafting colonists into the British army.
• C) forcing colonial assemblies to raise taxes.
• D) compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire.
• E) cutting off subsidies to American products like tobacco.

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