The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party

What was the purpose of the Tea Act passed by Parliament in 1773?

• To impose a tax on all tea imported to the American colonies

• To grant the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies

• To reduce the price of tea in the American colonies

• To punish the American colonies for the Boston Tea Party

The colonists refused to pay the tea tax even though the price of tea was lowered because:

• They wanted to support the British economy.

• They believed in 'no taxation without representation.'

• They preferred coffee over tea.

• They were unaware of the tax.

The event known as the Boston Tea Party involved:

• a peaceful protest against British taxation

• the destruction of tea in Boston Harbor

• a meeting to discuss colonial grievances

• the signing of a treaty with Britain

The laws that the colonists referred to as 'Intolerable Acts' were called:

• The Navigation Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Coercive Acts

Fill in the blank: The colonists called these laws the _______ Acts because they wouldn’t tolerate or accept them.

• Intolerable

• Acceptable

• Tolerable

• Permissible

Vocabulary: The word 'intolerable' means:

• bearable

• unbearable

• pleasant

• tolerable

What inspired Virginia to call for a meeting of all the colonies, which became the First Continental Congress in September 1774?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Boston Massacre

Which colony did not send representatives to the First Continental Congress?

Fill in the blank: By the end of the Congress, many colonists considered themselves not just individual Virginians, New Yorkers, or Rhode Islanders but members of a group of ________ colonies.

• the thirteen

• the twelve

• the eleven

• the ten