Boston Tea Party Article - 3rd Grade

The Boston Tea Party was one event that led to the American Revolution

• True

• False

Where did the Boston Tea Party take place?

• Connecticut

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

• Maryland

Why were the colonists upset with Great Britain?

• Laws to attend government meetings

• Taxes on the goods they made in the colonies

• Demands to return to Great Britain

• Taxes on goods being shipped to them

How much tea did the colonists dump off the ship into the harbor?

• 2 chests of tea

• More than 50 chests of tea

• More than 300 chests of tea

• 600 chests of tea

After the Boston Tea Party, the British government made new laws, including

• closing the Boston harbor until the colonist got all of the chests out of the harbor

• closing the Boston harbor until the colonists paid for the tea they threw into the water

• banning tea shipments into the colonies

• a higher tax on all shipped goods