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 deceleration 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 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)