Question #1

What was the Boston Tea Party?

a) The largest tea party the US had in 1867.

b) A tea party with Boston and Britian.

c) A protest by Americans against the British government of their taxing.

d) A party to celebrate the invention of tea.

e) The British protesting against the Americans tax

Question #2

In what year did the Boston Tea Party take place?

a) 1774

b) 1773

c) 1777

d) 1737

e) 1775

Question #3

What sparked the Boston Tea Party?

a) Britians refusal to buy tea

b) A new tax on tea

c) New flavors of tea

d) A new demand for extra tea by the British

e) Colonists wanted to tax the British

Question #4

Angry and frustrated at a new tax on tea, American colonists disguised as Mohawk Native Americans boarded 3 British ships and did what?

a) Dumped crates of Britsh tea into Boston Harbor

b) Ruined large quantities of British tea

c) Spilled tea all over the ships

d) Set thousands of tea bags on fire

e) Threw a few crates of tea over board and took the rest hostage

Question #5

What caused the port of Boston to be closed entirely?

a) Declaration of Independence

b) Proclamation Line of 1773

c) Stamp Acts

d) British soldiers

e) The Intolerable Acts

Question #6

John Hancock was one of the leaders of the Sons of Liberty, who dumped the hundreds of crates of tea in the harbor. (TRUE/FALSE)

a) TRUE

b) FALSE

c)

d)

e)

Question #7

Boston Tea Party was a symbolic act, an example of how far Americans were willing to speak out for thier...

a) Tea

b) Harbor

c) Freedom

d) Liberty

e) Shipping Channels

Question #8

The Boston Tea Party is also known as the Boston Massacre/ (TRUE/FALSE)

a) TRUE

b) FALSE

c)

d)

e)

Question #9

Which of the following did the Boston Tea Party help get started?

a) American Revolution

b) Declaration of Independence

c) World War I

d) Civil War

e) Separation of States

Question #10

Many colonists in Boston and elsewhere in the country, protested after the Boston Tea Party. What did they do to protest?

a) Burned tea

b) Killed anyone who was caught drinking tea

c) Destroyed places that sold tea

d) Did not drink any tea

e) Stole all the tea and made a monument to the British

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