Boston Tea Party Quiz

What happened when the Dartmouth sailed into Boston Harbor with 114 chests of tea?

• The tea was immediately unloaded and sold.

• The tea tax was paid within 20 days.

• The government seized the cargo.

• The tea was dumped into the harbor.

What did the colonists do during the Tea Party?

• They paid the tea tax.

• They boarded the ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor.

• They damaged the ships.

• They held a peaceful protest.

What was the reaction in England to the news of the Boston Tea Party?

• The British government ignored the event.

• The British public supported the colonists.

• The British government passed the Coercive Act to punish Massachusetts.

• The British government rewarded the colonists.

First ship that arrived in Boston Harbor with tea

The French and Indian War left Britain in this

Act that said Parliament had the right to tax the colonies

The British demanded Adams and Hancock be arrested for this

The Boston Tea Party would mostly be considered a __________ of the Revolutionary War.

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Rights and Grievances?

• To state that Parliament could tax colonists.

• To state that colonists no longer wanted to be part of the British Empire.

• To state that Parliament did not have the right to tax the colonies.

• To punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.

What was a result of the Boston Tea Party?

• The colonists united against the British.

• Many people were put in jail.

• The colonists were given representation in Parliament.

• The British boycotted goods from the colonists.