STAAR Points 5

Question 0

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

Answer 0

Sam Adams

Question 1

Inventor, publisher, author, scientist, 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 tax on all printed materials in the colonies.

Answer 4

Stamp Act (1765)

Question 5

Placed tax on all 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 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)