Boston Tea Party

What was the main purpose of the Tea Act of 1773?

• To grant the East India Company a trading monopoly with the American colonies

• To reduce the price of tea for the colonists

• To end the Townshend Acts

• To allow American merchants to sell tea freely

How did the colonists in Pennsylvania respond to the Tea Act?

• They stopped allowing British ships into their ports

• They disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians

• They dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

• They accepted the Tea Act without protest

What event is known as the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists dumping 92,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor

• The signing of the Tea Act

• The end of the Townshend Acts

• The granting of a monopoly to the East India Company

Why were some colonists angry about the Boston Tea Party?

• They viewed the actions as barbarian-like

• They supported the East India Company's monopoly

• They wanted to pay taxes to Britain

• They believed the protest was too mild

What was the reaction of the colonies to the Boston Tea Party?

• The reaction was split; some were energized, others were angry

• All colonists supported the protest

• The colonies unanimously condemned the protest

• The colonies ignored the event