Boston Tea Party

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American merchants were ________________ in most of the tea in order to avoid paying customs duties.

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SMUGGLING

Front

Prior to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament repealed most of the _______________________ .

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TOWNSHEND ACTS

Front

Supporters of the Tea Act argued that less smuggling in the American colonies would result in more ____________________ for the empire.

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TAX REVENUE

Front

Colonists still saw the Tea Act as a direct and _________________ tax.

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INVOLUNTARY

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______________ _ saw the Tea Act as an opportunity to bring English tea back into the colonies.

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PARLIAMENT

Front

The Townshend boycotts had __________________________ the British economy.

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DEVASTATED

Front

Smuggling had caused so much damage that the East India Tea Company was in danger of ___________________ .

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BANKRUPTCY

Front

Hundreds of Bostonians gathered inside the _______________ to discuss what to do about the tea in Boston Harbor.

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OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE

Front

The Sons of Liberty seized _______________________ , split them open, and tossed them into the harbor.

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342 CHESTS OF TEA

Front

In response to the Boston Tea Party, King George III and British Parliament passed what Acts: The Stamp Act, The Betrayal Acts, The Townshend Acts, The Coercive or Intolerable Acts

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The Coercive or Intolerable Acts