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The Boston Tea Party

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did The Boston Tea Party occur?

a)

England

b)

Boston

c)

New York

d)

North Carolina

2.

What act taxed the tea that was brought into the colonies?

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

The Tea Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Stamp Act

3.

Was the Boston Tea Party a part of the causes of the revolution?

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

What ship did the Boston Tea Party happen on?

a)

French

b)

American Indians

c)

British

d)

None of the above

5.

The colonists/people were disguised as __________.

a)

American Indians

b)

Bristish

c)

French

d)

None of the above

6.

What did the Stamp Act tax?

a)

paper and documents

b)

farm animals

c)

houses

d)

imports

7.

The Stamp Act taxed _____________.

a)

tea

b)

sugar

c)

newspapers

d)

coffee

8.

What is a boycott

a)

Citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice

b)

import tax

c)

a surrender

d)

An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products

9.

What was the Tea Act?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Smuggling tea

c)

Put a tax on tea, and Americans can only buy tea from Britain

d)

people drinking tea

10.

The colonist forced to buy tea from the East India Tea Company

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Why did the Sons of Liberty dress up as Native Americans and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

a)

To protest and fight back against taxes on tea and other items

b)

To celebrate their American Revolution victory over the British

c)

To celebrate 4th of July

d)

To protest against the Declaration of Independence

12.

Who was involved in the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Native Americans

b)

King George III

c)

British soldiers

d)

Sons of Liberty

13.

Which of these was a common slogan associated (connected) with the American Revolution?

a)

"Remember the Alamo!"

b)

"Fifty-four forty or fight!"

c)

"No taxation without representation!"

d)

"Remember the Maine!"

14.

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

a)

A very peaceful group of protestors

b)

an army made up of Loyalists

c)

King George's sons

d)

Group of men that protested laws like the Stamp Act

15.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Sons of Liberty threw all the tea in the ocean

b)

Native Americans threw all the tea in the ocean

c)

Patriots sat and had tea with King George

d)

King George had a sale on tea

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16.

Why did Great Britain tax the American colonies?

a)

The British were in debt from buying too many fidget spinners.

b)

The British were in looking for money to pave their roads.

c)

The British were in debt from fighting the French in a war.

d)

Mr. Cook was hungry

17.

How did the Americans feel about the Stamp Act?

a)

Happy, because everyone loves getting stamps for good grades.

b)

Sad, because they wouldn't get to use a stamp to mail a letter to the king.

c)

Angry, because Great Britain wrote the law without them.

18.

What year was the Tea party

a)

1874

b)

1773

c)

1973

d)

2003

19.

How much damage was done when the Boston Tea Party ended?

a)

$70,000

b)

$80,000

c)

$2 Million dollars

d)

$1 billion dollars

20.

Who was mad about the Boston Tea Party?

a)

King George III

b)

King T'Challa

c)

King Charles II

d)

King Kong