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WorksheetsThe Road to Revolution: The Tea Act
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the Tea Act?
Act that gave the British East India Company the exclusive right to sell tea in the colonies
Tax on tea
Tax on tea, paper, lead, glass, and paints
A boycott on British tea
Why did Parliament pass the Tea Act?
They wanted everyone to be able to sell tea
The East India Tea Company had the best tea prices
The East India Tea Company had financial problems and Parliament wanted to help the company avoid bankruptcy.
Parliament didn’t like the colonists drinking all their tea
The Townshend Act placed taxes on
Glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
Glass, wood, and plastic
Glass, food, and plastic
Food, plastic, and tea
What does repealed mean?
To peal again
Taken away
To repeat
To write something down
Why were the Townshend laws repealed?
No one liked the law
The Parliament was angry with the colonists
They weren’t making enough money
The result of successful colonial boycotts
Why were the Sons of Liberty worried about the Tea Act and throw the tea overboard?
It put a direct tax on the tea that colonists would have to pay in the stores
They feared the availability of cheap tea would threaten the value of their boycott
The cheap price of the tea was causing local businesses to lose money
It allowed only the higher priced tea from the British East India Company to be sold in colonies
1. What was the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans boarded the British ship in Boston and threw the tea overboard
The British soldiers boarded the British ship in Boston and dumped the tea overboard
The colonists living in Boston had a big party and drank a lot of tea.
The colonists living in Boston boarded a ship in the harbor and drank a lot of tea.
How did John Adams feel about the Boston Tea Party?
Angry
Sad
Happy
Confused
The British created the Intolerable Acts to
Create the Stamp Act
Punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Make money from taxes
Communicate better with delegates
How did Parliament in England react when they learned about the Boston Tea Party?
They closed the port of Boston
They took away the right of Massachusetts to govern itself
They forced the colonists in Boston to pay for the tea that was dumped into the harbor
All of the above
What did the British call the Intolerable Acts?
Mean Acts
Company Acts
Coercive Acts
Punishment Acts
What was the purpose for forming the Committee of Correspondence throughout the colonies?
To start the process of creating a war
To send formal letters to Parliament to protest the closing of Boston Harbor
To allow the colonies to communicate with each other about what had happened in Massachusetts
To locate and bring together top military leaders to form state militias
What was the Continental Congress?
A meeting of delegates from each of the 13 colonies
To allow the colonies to communicate with each other about what had happened in Massachusetts
A place to meet and discuss the continent
People who want to go to war
What was NOT an outcome of the First Continental Congress?
It established a boycott on all trade with Great Britain
Sent a petition to the King
Advised American colonists to arm themselves
Declared war on Parliament
The Continental Congress warned colonists to
Be friends with them
Pay taxes
Arm themselves
Be careful riding after dark
