Pre-Revolutionary War

Which war had just ended before the Boston Tea Party?

• Spanish-American War
• World War 1
• French and Indian War

Why did Great Britain tax the American colonies?

• The British were in debt from buying too many fidget spinners.
• The British were in debt from fighting the French in a war.
• The British were in looking for money to pave their roads.

What is the British government building called where they wrote the laws to tax the colonies?

• Parliament

• White House

• Congress

What was the Stamp Act?

• When a stamp was put on newspapers and legal documents.
• When a stamp was put on school work for earning a good grade.
• When a stamp was put on a letter to the king.

Who did the colonists send on horseback to neighboring towns to tell about dumping the tea into the harbor?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Paul Revere
• George Washington

The colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into which port city?

• New York
• Philadelphia
• Boston

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• A very peaceful group of protestors

• King George's sons

• an army made up of Loyalists

• A radical group of patriots

When was the Boston Tea Party?

• Massachusetts
• Maryland
• 1773
• 1873

One effect of the Boston Tea Party was that the king sent ____ to Massachusetts.

• more tea
• more ships
• more Indians
• more soldiers

A person who supported King George and Great Britain

• tyrant

• patriot

• loyalist