1. How did the colonists boycott and use petitions to get British tax laws repealed?

2. What role did the committees of correspondence play?

3. What details about the colonists response to the Stamp Act tell you that it was one cause of the American Revolution?

4. Based on James Otis’s response to British writs of assistance, what concerns did the colonists have about British searches?

5. Based on James Otis’s response to British writs of assistance, what concerns did the colonists have about British searches?

1. How did the colonists boycott and use petitions to get British tax laws repealed?

The colonists boycotted to get British tax laws repealed (or taken away) by not purchasing their goods.

2. What role did the committees of correspondence play?

Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies' first institution for maintaining communication with one another. They were organized in the decade before the Revolution when the deteriorating relationship with Great Britain made it increasingly important for the colonies to share ideas and information.

3. What details about the colonists' response to the Stamp Act tell you that it was one cause of the American Revolution?

Although most colonists continued to accept Parliament’s authority to regulate their trade, they insisted that only their representative assemblies could levy direct, internal taxes, such as the one imposed by the Stamp Act.

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