The Road to War

What is the definition of 'monopoly'?

• To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor.

• The complete control of a product or service

• Unacceptable

• A signed request made to an official person or organization.

What is the definition of 'blockade'?

• To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor.

• The complete control of a product or service.

• To provide or pay for housing at no cost to another person.

• A signed request made to an official person or organization.

What is the definition of 'intolerable'?

• The complete control of a product or service.

• A signed request made to an official person or organization.

• To provide or pay for housing at no cost to another person.

• Unacceptable.

What is the definition of 'petition'?

• To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor.

• A signed request made to an official person or organization.

• The complete control of a product or service.

• Unacceptable.

What is the definition of 'quarter'?

• Unacceptable

• To provide or pay for housing at no cost to another person.

• To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor.

• A signed request made to an official person or organization.

What did Parliament give to the East India Company?

• A petition

• A monopoly- complete control over tea trading

• A blockade on the harbor

• More money

What did the colonists do when Parliament gave the East India Company control over tea trading?

• Colonists boycotted tea and denied British ship entry into Massachusetts ports.

• Colonists did nothing.

• Colonists sent a petition to Parliament.

• Colonists joined the East India Company.

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• British soldiers destroyed all the tea on the British ships.

• The Sons of Liberty broke into British ships and dumped their tea into the Boston Harbor.

• The Colonists and British soldiers had a tea party for Boston

How did the Boston Tea Party begin?

• The Colonists were angry about not making enough money from trading tea.

• Parliament was angry about not making enough money from trading tea.

• Parliament put a higher tax on tea.

• The Colonists were angry because Parliament put a higher tax on tea.

Parliament passed the _____________ to punish the colonists.

• Repeal Act

• Declaration

• Boycott

• Intolerable Acts