USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -These influential pamphlets included “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, ” a series of essays written by Pennsylvania legislator John Dickinson and the “Massachusetts Circular Letter, ” a statement written by Samuel Adams and James Otis Jr.

Detailed explanation-2: -When the Stamp Act passed in 1765, Samuel Adams was elected to represent Boston in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He arranged boycotts and petitions in opposition to the Townshend Acts. And all throughout, Adams published articles under the pseudonyms ‘Vindex’ and ‘Candidus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Despite very little documentary evidence as to the origins of the organization, Boston Patriot Samuel Adams is often credited as being the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty was most likely organized in the summer of 1765 as a means to protest the passing of the Stamp Act of 1765.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, sponsored the Townshend Acts. He believed that the Townshend Acts would assert British authority over the colonies as well as increase revenue. Townshend also created an American Board of Customs Commissioners.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sent by the Massachusetts House of Representatives to the other colonial legislatures, the letter laid out the unconstitutionality of taxation without representation and encouraged the other colonies to again protest the taxes by boycotting British goods.