The Boston Tea Party Quiz

What was the main reason for the American colonists' dissatisfaction with the British tax on tea?

• They had no say in tax decisions made in London

• They didn't like the taste of British tea

• They were against all forms of taxation

• They were afraid of the British government

What was the American colonists' response to the new taxes imposed by Britain in 1767?

• They paid the taxes without protest

• They increased their consumption of British tea

• They asked for more taxes to be imposed

• They boycotted the importation of tea from Britain

What event led to the British government enacting the Coercive Acts of 1774?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Philadelphia Convention

What was the British strategy under the 1773 Tea Act?

• To stop the importation of tea from Britain

• To increase the tax on tea in America

• To ban the sale of tea in America

• To sell surplus tea directly through hand-picked consignees in America

What was the British government's response to the destruction of the tea during the Boston Tea Party?

• Withdrawing all taxes on tea in America

• Declaring war on the American colonies

• Offering compensation to the American colonists

• Enactment of the Coercive Acts of 1774

What did the first Continental Congress support in response to British oppression?

• Surrender to the British government

• Payment of the tea tax to the East India Company

• Acceptance of British rule

• Destruction of the tea and a continued boycott

What was the outcome of the Boston Tea Party in terms of the American Revolution?

• It caused the American colonies to become part of the British Empire

• It led to a peaceful resolution with the British government

• It had no impact on the American Revolution

• It began a chain reaction that led to the Declaration of Independence

What was the main reason for the American colonists' dissatisfaction with the British tax on tea?

• They had no say in tax decisions made in London

• They didn't like the taste of British tea

• They were afraid of the British government

• They were against all forms of taxation