Boston Tea Party

Vocab - something that cannot be put up with

• Free enterprise

• Intolerable

• Petition

• Civil Disobedience

Vocab - protesting by breaking the law peacefully

• Free enterprise

• Intolerable

• Petition

• Civil Disobedience

Vocab - a written request to change something

• Free enterprise

• Intolerable

• Petition

• Civil Disobedience

Vocab - economic system when you can trade with anyone

• Free enterprise

• Intolerable

• Petition

• Civil Disobedience

What TWO laws were removed after the Boston Massacre?

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

Which was the most popular drink in the colonies in the 1760s?

• Tea

• Coffee

• Soda

• Juice

Which economic system did colonists want? (Hint: it let them trade with anyone)

• Mercantilism

• Free Enterprise

What did colonists do to protest the Tea Act?

• Dump millions of dollars of British tea into the harbor

• Destroy dozens of British ships

• Set fire to the homes of tax collectors

• Write a strongly worded letter to the king's mother

How much tea did colonists drink in the colonies in 1760?

• Over 1 million pounds per year

• Less than 1000 pounds per year

• Over 10 billion pounds per year

• Colonists did not drink tea

Which was NOT a part of the Intolerable Acts?

• A new Quartering Act is passed

• The Boston Harbor is closed

• Massachusetts lost it's ability to make laws

• The king of England moved to the colonies