Taxes and a Tea Party

Who dressed up like Native Americans and raided ships?

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

• Native Americans

• The British Merchants

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• A very peaceful group of protestors?

• King George's Sons

• An army of Loyalists

• A group of men who protested the Stamp Act

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

• The Sons of Liberty threw all the tea from British cargo ships in the Boston Harbor.

• Patriots sat and had a peaceful tea party with King George.

• Native Americans threw all the tea from British cargo ships in the Boston Harbor.

• King George had a sale on tea for the colonists.

What is a boycott?

• An enemy

• A tax King George created

• A protest in which the people only bought British products

• A protest in which people would not purchase British products

What was the name of the tea the Daughters of Liberty made for the colonists to drink instead of the imported British tea?

• Freedom Tea

• Liberty Tea - CHOOSE THIS ONE

• Colonial Tea

• French Tea

What event does this drawing show?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Lexington and Concord

• Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

What event does this image show?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Lexington and Concord

• The Revolutionary War

Why did Great Britain tax the colonies?

• The British were in debt from shipping tea across the ocean.

• The British needed money to fund factories for the industrial revolution.

• The British were in debt from fighting the French and Indian War.

• The British wanted more money to spend on tea and cakes.

How did the colonists feel about the Stamp Act?

• Happy because the British had helped them win the French and Indian War.

• They didn't care because taxes were just something you had to pay.

• They were angry because they were not represented in Parliament.

• They were mad because they didn't want to pay taxes for stamps.

What disguise did some of the colonists use when they dumped tea in the harbor?

• Pilgrims

• Native Americans

• Kings and Queens

• British Soldiers