Vocab5 Flashcards
Boston patriot, leader of the son of liberty, established the committees of correspondence for quick communication between the colonies
Sam Adams
Inventor. Publisher, author, scientist, diplomat, co-author of the Declaration of Independence
Ben Franklin
Organization started by Sam Adams to protest British Taxes
Sons of liberty
Colonial organization set up in towns to spread news and ideas quickly throughout the colonies
Committees of correspondence
Placed a tax on all printed material in the colonies
Stamp act (1765)
Placed a tax on good imported into the colonies
Townsend acts
Gave East Indian company the right sell tea to the colonies without tax
Tea act
Closed boston harbor unlit people payed for the lost tea
Intolerable acts