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WorksheetsTea Act
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 12mins
Why did King George III start taxing the colonists in the first place?
to pay for the French and Indian War
to gain popularity in London
to unite the colonies with the "mother country"
This tax law required colonists to pay a tax on legal papers.
The Townshend Acts
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
The Sugar Act
A boycott is
when people demand to pay a lower price for goods
a celebration of boys
to refuse to buy something as a form of protest
In 1770 King George III repealed, or took away, all the taxes except the tax on
sugar
tea
legal document
The Paul Revere engraving of the Boston Massacre was inaccurate because...
the image made the colonists look innocent
British soldiers weren't actually in Boston on that day
colonists never gathered in a group near the British soldiers
Why was the Tea Act passed?
To allow for the smuggling of Dutch tea
To help improve Native American relations
To help a struggling British tea company
Colonist didn't like the Tea Act because....
It created a British enforced monopoly that limited their choices
It created a tax on tea that made it completely unaffordable
It allowed more troops into Boston
What event was a direct result of the colonist frustration with the Tea Act?
Boston Massacre
The Stamp Act Congress
The Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act lowered the cost of the tea for the colonists.
True
False
What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
Unarmed Colonists were fired on and killed by British Soldiers
Angry Colonist threw crates of tea into the harbor
Ships carrying tea were burned and sank
Ships full of tea were robbed and distributed to the people of Boston
Where did The Boston Tea Party occur?
England
New York
Boston
North Carolina
