American Revolution Recap.

"No ________ without representation"

• voting
• taxation
• rights
• liberty poles

What was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party?

• to punish merchants for selling imported tea.
• to see who could throw a barrel further.
• to frame the Native Americans.
• to protest taxes

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Who won the American Revolution?

• The British

• The American Colonists

• Canada

During the Boston Tea Party, how many chests of tea did the colonists dump into the harbor? The cost has been estimated to be worth $1 Million today!

• 10

• 250

• 1

• 342

What is the correct date when the Boston Tea Party occurred?

• 12/16/1773

• December 16th, 1773

• 16th of December 1773

• All are correct.

The colonists were angry about___.

• English soldiers
• tax on tea
• the president
• the weather

When colonist heard about the tea tax and after the ship containing the tea came into the harbor, The colonists decided to

• throw the tea into the harbor

• drink the tea

• pay for the tea

• send the tea back to England

The Boston Tea Party was the first step towards the war between the Colonists and Britain.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The British government attempted to pass laws and enforce unfair taxes in order to keep it's ___________ over the colonies.

The colonies strongly___________ to these laws and no longer wanted England to control them.