Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Topic

Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Topic

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Boston Tea Party Eyewitness Account: Joshua Wyeth

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Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from “Boston Tea Party Eyewitness Account: Joshua Wyeth.”

Others raised them to the railing and discharged their contents overboard.

What is the meaning of the word discharged as it is used in this sentence?

• rearranged

• emptied

• returned

• opened

Fill in the Blanks

Joshua Wyeth uses a word that describes someone whose job is to stand guard, like a watchman or lookout. Find that word in the paragraph and write in the text box.

At the appointed time, we met in an old building at the head of the wharf. We fell in one after another, as if by accident, so as not to excite suspicion. We placed a sentry at the head of the wharf, another in the middle, and one on the bow of each ship as we took possession. We boarded the ship moored by the wharf. Our leader, in a very stern and resolute manner, ordered the captain and crew to open the hatchways. [He ordered them to] hand us the hoisting tackle and ropes, assuring them that no harm was intended them. The captain asked what we intended to do. Our leader told him that we were going to unload the tea, and ordered him and the crew below. They instantly obeyed.

Boston Tea Party Eyewitness Account John Andrews

Tea Leaves

Multiple Choice

This question has two parts. First Answer Part A. Then answer Part B.

Part A

What is the meaning of the word freighted as it is used in paragraph 2 of John Andrews’s account?

They gathered, I’m told, upon Fort Hill, to the number of about two hundred. They then proceeded, two by two, to Griffin’s wharf, where [the ships captained by Hall, Bruce, and Coffin] lay. [Captain Coffin’s ship] was freighted with a large quantity of other goods. They took the greatest care not to injure [those] in the least. Before nine o’clock in the evening, every chest on board the three vessels was knocked to pieces and flung over the sides.

• sent

• intended

• filled

• delivered

Multiple Choice

Part B

Which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of freighted?

They gathered, I’m told, upon Fort Hill, to the number of about two hundred. They then proceeded, two by two, to Griffin’s wharf, where [the ships captained by Hall, Bruce, and Coffin] lay. [Captain Coffin’s ship] was freighted with a large quantity of other goods. They took the greatest care not to injure [those] in the least. Before nine o’clock in the evening, every chest on board the three vessels was knocked to pieces and flung over the sides.

• “then proceeded, two by two”

• “a large quantity of other goods”

• “took the greatest care not to injure”

• “knocked to pieces and flung over”

Multiple Choice

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then answer Part B.

Part A

What is an important similarity in the points of view the two accounts represent?

• Both are firsthand accounts.

• Both are secondhand accounts.

• Both men witnessed the protest from afar.

• Both men enjoyed taking part in the protest.

Multiple Select

Part B

Select one sentence from Joshua Wyeth’s account and one sentence from John Andrews’s account that best support the answer to Part A.

• “They instantly obeyed.” (Joshua Wyeth)

• “Some of our number then jumped into the hold, and passed the chests to the tackle.” (Joshua Wyeth)

• “As they were hauled on deck, others knocked them open with axes.” (Joshua Wyeth)

• “I went and was satisfied.” (John Andrews)

• “They gathered, I’m told, upon Fort Hill, to the number of about two hundred.”(John Andrews)

Fill in the Blanks

The box below gives details about how the accounts by Joshua Wyeth and John Andrews tell about the same event. Write one detail from the list to describe the individual's account. Use each detail one time.

Details

~Describes the crowd at the meeting house.

~Describes what the participants looked like.

~Describes what happened to the chests of tea.

~Explains why Captain Connor was treated roughly.

~Explains that the men disguised themselves as Indians.

~Describes what it was like to participate in the Boston Tea Party.

Accounts by Joshua Wyeth

Fill in the Blanks

The box below gives details about how the accounts by Joshua Wyeth and John Andrews tell about the same event. Write one detail from the list to describe the individual's account. Use each detail one time.

Details

~Describes the crowd at the meeting house.

~Describes what the participants looked like.

~Describes what happened to the chests of tea.

~Explains why Captain Connor was treated roughly.

~Explains that the men disguised themselves as Indians.

~Describes what it was like to participate in the Boston Tea Party.

Accounts by Joshua Wyeth

Fill in the Blanks

The box below gives details about how the accounts by Joshua Wyeth and John Andrews tell about the same event. Write one detail from the list to describe the individual's account. Use each detail one time.

Details

~Describes the crowd at the meeting house.

~Describes what the participants looked like.

~Describes what happened to the chests of tea.

~Explains why Captain Connor was treated roughly.

~Explains that the men disguised themselves as Indians.

~Describes what it was like to participate in the Boston Tea Party.

Accounts by John Andrews

Fill in the Blanks

The box below gives details about how the accounts by Joshua Wyeth and John Andrews tell about the same event. Write one detail from the list to describe the individual's account. Use each detail one time.

Details

~Describes the crowd at the meeting house.

~Describes what the participants looked like.

~Describes what happened to the chests of tea.

~Explains why Captain Connor was treated roughly.

~Explains that the men disguised themselves as Indians.

~Describes what it was like to participate in the Boston Tea Party.

Accounts by John Andrews

Fill in the Blanks

The box below gives details about how the accounts by Joshua Wyeth and John Andrews tell about the same event. Write one detail from the list to describe the individual's account. Use each detail one time.

Details

~Describes the crowd at the meeting house.

~Describes what the participants looked like.

~Describes what happened to the chests of tea.

~Explains why Captain Connor was treated roughly.

~Explains that the men disguised themselves as Indians.

~Describes what it was like to participate in the Boston Tea Party.

Both Accounts

Fill in the Blanks

The box below gives details about how the accounts by Joshua Wyeth and John Andrews tell about the same event. Write one detail from the list to describe the individual's account. Use each detail one time.

Details

~Describes the crowd at the meeting house.

~Describes what the participants looked like.

~Describes what happened to the chests of tea.

~Explains why Captain Connor was treated roughly.

~Explains that the men disguised themselves as Indians.

~Describes what it was like to participate in the Boston Tea Party.

Both Accounts

From the Massachusetts Gazette

Multiple Select

What are two important differences between the newspaper article from the Massachusetts Gazette and the accounts by Joshua Wyeth and John Andrews?

• The article describes the ship owners’ feelings.

• The article compares colonists and ship captains.

• The article is based on what others said and saw.

• The article explains key events in the correct order.

• The article tells how the British reacted to the event.

Open Ended

Extended Response: How are the three accounts of the Boston Tea Party similar and different? Write your answer to the question. In your answer, be sure to :

~identify the overall structure of each text.

~explain how the three writers’ points of view are alike and different.

~use key details from the three accounts in your answer.

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