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The Boston Tea Party

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They put the tax on...

(a)  

2.

Their angry protest became known as the...

a)

Boston massacre

b)

Boston Tea party

c)

American Revolution

d)

The Battle of Bunker hill

3.

The Boston Tea Party took place in...

a)

1778

b)

1775

c)

1773

d)

1883

4.

What does boycott mean

(a)  

5.

How many members dressed up to throw off tea

(a)  

6.

Cause and effect

Why did the colonists take part in the Boston Tea party

(a)  

7.

Parliament passed what to Britain

a)

Tea act

b)

Resources

8.

Many people watched as they threw tea overboard

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When did they throw off tea

a)

November 18, 1773

b)

September 16, 1883

c)

December 16, 1773

d)

June 8, 1773

10.

Many (a)   boycotted tea

11.

What did they put the tax on Draw it and label it

12.

What does monopoly mean

4 lines
13.

Which ship did they throw off the tea

a)

Britain

b)

Loyalists

c)

Colonists

d)

Neutralists

14.

November 1773 what happened

a)

Ships docked

b)

They threw off tea

c)

Added tax

d)

Boycotted tea

15.

The sons of liberty threw off the tea

a)

True

b)

False

16.

How many years apart from the Boston Tea Party and the Battles of Lexington

a)

3

b)

4

c)

1

d)

2

17.

Many people think______ Planned what happened next

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Thomas Gage

c)

John Hancock

18.

What does the tea Act mean

a)

The colonists had to buy tea from West India

b)

The colonists had to buy tea from East India

19.

What did the colonists sing

a)

Rally Mohawks

b)

Bring out your Axes

c)

We'll pay no taxes

d)

Violence in Boston Harbor

20.

How much money did they waste

a)

100

b)

1,700,000

c)

1,000,000

d)

1