G4 ELA Ch.3

1. Why were the British people and government shocked and angry when they received the news about the Boston Tea Party?

2. How did British Parliament punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

3. How do you predict the colonists in Massachusetts responded to these new laws? Support your answer with information you have read in earlier chapters.

4. Why did the people of Massachusetts call the new laws the Intolerable Acts?

5. How did the other colonies respond when they heard about the new laws Britain imposed on Massachusetts?

6. What three things did people in Massachusetts start to do to prepare to fight for their liberty? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

7. Why do you think it was important for Paul Revere and the others to know which way the British were going to Concord?

8. Which way were the British soldiers coming to Concord from Boston?

9. How did Paul Revere know the British soldiers were coming by boat?

10. People now call the event described in this paragraph as the “shot heard ’round the world.” Why do you think this event is called that?