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WorksheetsCommittees of Correspondence and Townshend Acts
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
Why was it so important that the colonies establish lines of communication with one another?
to hide from British troops
travel
to share information and news
to start a war
What was the purpose for establishing the Committees of Correspondence?
To maintain communication with one another
To start a war
To communicate with King George III
To invent the telephone
Why did the Committee say that items should be withheld from British troops?
British troops were helping them
to have favor with the king
Colonist needed their help
British troops were acting like enemies to the colonist.
What types of news did the Committees of Correspondence share?
how King George III was a great ruler
info and news about what their colonies were doing to resist the British and their unfair policies
directions on how to create a printing press
laws and documents of how the colonies became the United States
What did the Boston Committee of Correspondence suggest withholding from the British troops?
tea, paper, glass
money, paper, stamps
sugar, stamps, clothes
labour, straw, timber
What happened to the Townshend Acts?
they burned it
repealed in 1769
they forgot about it
nothing, it's still going
What did the Townshend Acts do?
put a restriction on storage
give everyone a curfew
tax all imports
color the town
(2) Trade slowed down because colonists _________________ British goods.
boycotted
repealed
responsible
taxation
(4) The Sons of _________________ took charge of Boston.
Liberty
finance
troops
jobs
