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Uniting the Colonies -Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another name for the Coercive Act is the ______________

a)

International Act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Quebec Act

d)

Intolerable Act

2.

The colonists called the British soldiers "redcoats".

a)

True

b)

False

3.

After the Boston Massacre, Great Britain repealed all the Townshend Acts except the tax on ________.

a)

Tables

b)

Tea

c)

Coffee

d)

Energy drinks

4.

What did the Tea Act do?

a)

Gave British East India Company complete control of the tea market

b)

Banned all kinds of Tea

c)

Made everyone drink tea

d)

I don't know

5.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Sons of Liberty threw all the tea in the ocean

b)

Patriots sat and had tea with King George

c)

Native Americans threw all the tea in the ocean

d)

King George had a sale on tea

6.

What is a boycott?

a)

an enemy

b)

a tax King George created

c)

protest in which all the people only bought British products

d)

protest in which people refused to buy British products

7.
What event does this drawing show?
a)
Tarring and feathering
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
American Revolution
8.
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 debt from fighting the French in a war.
c)
The British were in looking for money to pave their roads.
9.

What did the colonists decide to do when England taxed the tea?

a)

pay for the tea

b)

stop drinking tea

c)

ask to pay less

10.

What did it mean for the colonists to have Boston Harbor closed?

a)

They had to buy more tea.

b)

No food or supplies could come into Boston.

c)

They couldn't travel to Asia.