STAAR Points 5

Question 0

Boston patriot, leader of the Sons of Liberty, established the Committees if Correspondence for quick communication between the colonies.

Answer 0

Sam Adams.

Question 1

inventor, publisher, author, scientists, diplomat, co-author of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 1

Ben Franklin.

Question 2

organization started by Sam Adams to protest British taxes.

Answer 2

Sons of Liberty.

Question 3

colonial organizations set up in towns to spread news and ideas quickly throughout the colonies.

Answer 3

Committees of Correspondence.

Question 4

placed a tax on all printed materials in the colonies.

Answer 4

Stamp Act (1765)

Question 5

placed a tax on goods imported into the colonies.

Answer 5

Townshend Acts (1767)

Question 6

gave the East India Company the right to sell tea to the colonies without paying the tax, all the other tea merchants had to pay the tax.

Answer 6

Tea Act (1773)

Question 7

closed Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the lost tea.

Answer 7

Intolerable Acts (1774)