HELP PLEASE!! 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 How did the colonists boycott and use petitions to get British tax laws repealed?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?

In October of 1765, delegates from 9 colonies met to issue petitions to the British Government denying Parliament's authority to tax the colonies. ... The repeal of the Stamp Act temporarily quieted colonial protest, but there was renewed resistance to new taxes instituted in 1767 under the Townshend Acts.

On the verge of the American Revolution, Committees of Correspondence were formed in cities and regions throughout the American colonies. ... The Committees of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies.

Although resented, the Sugar Act tax was hidden in the cost of import duties, and most colonists accepted it. The Stamp Act, however, was a direct tax on the colonists and led to an uproar in America over an issue that was to be a major cause of the Revolution: taxation without representation.

Based on James Otis's response to British writs of assistance, what concerns did the colonists have about British searches? The colonist protested the writs of assistance saying it violated their rights as British citizens.