2. American merchants were ________________ in most of the tea in order to avoid paying customs duties.

3. Supporters of the Tea Act argued that less smuggling in the American colonies would result in more ____________________ for the empire.

4. Colonists still saw the Tea Act as a direct and _________________ tax.

5. ______________ _ saw the Tea Act as an opportunity to bring English tea back into the colonies.

6. The Townshend boycotts had __________________________ the British economy.

7. Smuggling had caused so much damage that the East India Tea Company was in danger of ___________________ .

8. Hundreds of Bostonians gathered inside the _______________ to discuss what to do about the tea in Boston Harbor.

9. The Sons of Liberty seized _______________________ , split them open, and tossed them into the harbor.

10. John Adams wrote, “The destruction of the tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, so intrepid and inflexible, it must have important ____________________________________________ ."