Tensions Rise: Boston Tea Party

Empowered means

• to have power

• to not have power

• to rule the country

• to be a colonist

What is Parliament?

• Boston Government

• Tea party

• British Government

• Party

How did colonists respond when Parliament taxed tea?

(Pick 2 answers for this question!)

• They boycotted

• They continued drinking British tea

• They smuggled tea

• They left the country

How much tea was destroyed during the tea party?

• 1 million cups of tea

• 340 chests of tea

• no tea was destroyed

• 5 boxes

What does "boycott" mean?

• boy scouts

• A group of people

• to lay in a hammock

• to protest by refusing to buy or use something in order to bring about change

An act is...

• A law

• what you see during a play

• to pretend

• to play outside

Smuggling means

• a crime

• to illegally take goods in and out of a country

• when Parliament adds a tax

• colonies

Why did Parliament start taxing the colonists?

• They were in debt from buying too many video games

• They were in debt from the French and Indian War

• They were in debt from the Civil War

• Because they felt like it

The Tea Act of 1773 was...

• A law saying they had to dump tea into the Boston Harbor

• Another British tax

• A law passed to try to end the smuggling of Dutch tea

• A law where everyone had to drink tea

Why did European countries want colonies?

• Because they wanted coffee

• To control more people

• Because colonies were cool

• Because there was valuable land and natural resources