Tea Act

Why did King George III start taxing the colonists in the first place?

• to pay for the French and Indian War

• to gain popularity in London

• to unite the colonies with the "mother country"

This tax law required colonists to pay a tax on legal papers.

• The Townshend Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Sugar Act

A boycott is

• when people demand to pay a lower price for goods

• a celebration of boys

• to refuse to buy something as a form of protest

In 1770 King George III repealed, or took away, all the taxes except the tax on

• sugar

• tea

• legal document

The Paul Revere engraving of the Boston Massacre was inaccurate because...

• the image made the colonists look innocent

• British soldiers weren't actually in Boston on that day

• colonists never gathered in a group near the British soldiers

Why was the Tea Act passed?

• To allow for the smuggling of Dutch tea

• To help improve Native American relations

• To help a struggling British tea company

Colonist didn't like the Tea Act because....

• It created a British enforced monopoly that limited their choices

• It created a tax on tea that made it completely unaffordable

• It allowed more troops into Boston

What event was a direct result of the colonist frustration with the Tea Act?

• Boston Massacre

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The Boston Tea Party

The Tea Act lowered the cost of the tea for the colonists.

• True

• False

What happened during the Boston Tea Party?

• Unarmed Colonists were fired on and killed by British Soldiers

• Angry Colonist threw crates of tea into the harbor

• Ships carrying tea were burned and sank

• Ships full of tea were robbed and distributed to the people of Boston