5th Set Flashcards
Boston patriot, leader of the Sons of Liberty, established the Committees of Correspondence for quick communication between the colonies
Sam Adams
Inventor, publisher, author, scientist, diplomat, co-authors of the Declaration of Independence
Ben Franklin
Origination stated by Sam Adams to protest British taxes
Sons of liberty
Colonial organizations set up in towns spread news and ideas quickly throughout the colonies
Committees of Correspondence
Placed a tax on all printed materials in the colonies
Stamp act
Placed a tax on goods imported into the colonies
Townsend acts
Gave the East India Company the right to sell tea to the colonies without paying the tax, all other tea merchants had to pay the tax
Tea act
Closed Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the lost tea
Intolerable acts