The Road to Revolution: The Tea Act

What was the Tea Act?

• Act that gave the British East India Company the exclusive right to sell tea in the colonies

• Tax on tea

• Tax on tea, paper, lead, glass, and paints

• A boycott on British tea

Why did Parliament pass the Tea Act?

• They wanted everyone to be able to sell tea

• The East India Tea Company had the best tea prices

• The East India Tea Company had financial problems and Parliament wanted to help the company avoid bankruptcy.

• Parliament didn’t like the colonists drinking all their tea

The Townshend Act placed taxes on

• Glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea

• Glass, wood, and plastic

• Glass, food, and plastic

• Food, plastic, and tea

What does repealed mean?

• To peal again

• Taken away

• To repeat

• To write something down

Why were the Townshend laws repealed?

• No one liked the law

• The Parliament was angry with the colonists

• They weren’t making enough money

• The result of successful colonial boycotts

Why were the Sons of Liberty worried about the Tea Act and throw the tea overboard?

• It put a direct tax on the tea that colonists would have to pay in the stores

• They feared the availability of cheap tea would threaten the value of their boycott

• The cheap price of the tea was causing local businesses to lose money

• It allowed only the higher priced tea from the British East India Company to be sold in colonies

1. What was the Boston Tea Party?

• The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans boarded the British ship in Boston and threw the tea overboard

• The British soldiers boarded the British ship in Boston and dumped the tea overboard

• The colonists living in Boston had a big party and drank a lot of tea.

• The colonists living in Boston boarded a ship in the harbor and drank a lot of tea.

How did John Adams feel about the Boston Tea Party?

• Angry

• Sad

• Happy

• Confused

The British created the Intolerable Acts to

• Create the Stamp Act

• Punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• Make money from taxes

• Communicate better with delegates

How did Parliament in England react when they learned about the Boston Tea Party?

• They closed the port of Boston

• They took away the right of Massachusetts to govern itself

• They forced the colonists in Boston to pay for the tea that was dumped into the harbor

• All of the above