Lesson 3 - Section 1 HW Check

Answer the following questions by matching each question with the correct term.

• minutemen

• What is the term for refusing to obey laws that one considers unjust?

• Loyalists

• What is the term for an army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency?

• Patriots

• What were American colonists who sided with the British during the Revolutionary war called?

• militia

• What is the name for colonial volunteers who were ready to fight at any time?

• civil disobedience

• What were colonists who favored independence from Britain known as?

What details about this cup from the 1700s lead you to believe that tea was Important to the colonists? There may be more than one correct answer:

• The cup has golden rims, suggesting it was expensive.

• The cup has painted decorations, suggesting someone worked hard to make it look good.

Which of the following is the main idea from Hannah Griffitts quote?

• Colonists should give up their freedom by drinking tea.

• Colonists should demonstrate their patriotism by refusing to drink tea.

• Colonists should form a militia and attack British officials.

Why were many colonists dissatisfied with the Tea Act?

• Colonists were unhappy about the price of tea being too low.
• It was a tax on coffee imports.
• The Tea Act allowed colonists to brew their own tea freely.
• The Tea Act made colonists pay a tax they felt was unfair.

Why might this act of civil disobedience mark a turning point?

• Instead of refusing to buy the tea, colonists destroyed it.

• It will likely be forgotten over time.
• It will have no impact on the patriot movement.

• It is a minor event with little significance.

Which of the following was likely a phrase used by Patriots during the Boston Tea Party?

• "I hate tea! It's awful!"

• "I wish the King was dead!"

• "No taxation without representation!"

• "All for one, and one for all!"