BW: After the Massacre and the Boston Tea Party

What act gave the British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes usually placed on tea?

• The Tea Act of 1773

• The Stamp Act of 1765

• The Townshend Acts

• The Intolerable Acts

Who disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and boarded the ships in Boston's Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Redcoats

• The Loyalists

• The British Parliament

How many chests of tea were dumped overboard during the Boston Tea Party?

• 342 chests

• 150 chests

• 500 chests

• 1000 chests

Which king was ruling Britain when the Boston Tea Party occurred?

• King George III

• King George II

• King William IV

• King James II

Which act closed the Boston Harbor until the Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea?

• The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Tea Act

Which act forced the people of Boston to house soldiers in their homes?

• The Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Tea Act

• The Sugar Act

What was the meeting called where delegates from each colony gathered in Philadelphia in 1774 to respond to the Intolerable Acts?

• The First Continental Congress

• The Albany Congress

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The Constitutional Convention

What was the main effect of the Townshend Acts being repealed (except for the tax on tea)?

• Colonists continued ALL of their boycotts

• Colonists ended their boycotts on British goods EXCEPT for the tax on tea

• The British East India Company went out of business

• The Boston Tea Party occurred