Boston Tea Party

American merchants were ________________ in most of the tea in order to avoid paying customs duties.

• SMUGGLING

• SECURING

• DOCKING

• LOADING

Prior to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament

repealed most of the _______________________ .

• TOWNSHEND ACTS

• SUGAR ACTS

Supporters of the Tea Act argued that less smuggling in the American colonies would result in more ____________________ for the empire.

• TAX REVENUE

• SUPPLY OF PRODUCT

• BOYCOTTS

• PROTESTS

Colonists still saw the Tea Act as a direct and _________________ tax.

• VOLUNTARY

• INVOLUNTARY

______________ _ saw the Tea Act as an opportunity to bring English tea back into the colonies.

• THE AMERICANS

• PARLIAMENT

The Townshend boycotts had __________________________ the British economy.

• DEVASTATED

• SUPPORTED

Smuggling had caused so much damage that the East India Tea Company was in danger of ___________________ .

• RIOTING

• BANKRUPTCY

• REACHING $1,000,000 in sales

• RUNNING OUT OF TEA

Hundreds of Bostonians gathered inside the _______________ to discuss what to do about the tea in Boston Harbor.

• OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE

• PARLIAMENT

The Sons of Liberty seized _______________________ , split them open, and tossed them into the harbor.

• 342 CHESTS OF TEA

• 350 CHESTS OF GOLD

• 342 CHESTS OF COFFEE

• 350 CHESTS OF COCOA

In response to the Boston Tea Party, King George III and British Parliament passed what Acts:

• The Stamp Act

• The Betrayal Acts

• The Townshend Acts

• The Coercive or Intolerable Acts