The Boston Tea Party

When was the Boston Tea Party?

• Massachusetts
• Maryland
• 1773
• 1873

The colonists were angry about___.

• English soldiers
• tax on tea
• the president
• the weather

The governor of Massachusetts said the ships must

• go back to England
• come into the harbor
• be loaded
• have a party

The colonists decided to 

• throw the tea into the harbor
• drink the tea
• pay for the tea
• send the tea back to England

The colonists dressed like

• Frenchmen
• Halloween costumes
• sailors
• Native Americans

The colonists ___ the chests of tea.

• closed
• drank
• tore open
• made

The English soldiers put the colonists in prison.

• True
• False

The King of France punished the colonists.

• True
• False

The King closed Boston harbor.

• True
• False

The King made the colonists ___ the tea.

• drink
• send back
• pay for
• unload