Do you know anything about the Boston Tea Party? Do you think you can pass this quiz? The tea act of 1773 permitted the British East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes. When they came to the Boston port, the Americans threw 342 barrels of tea into the harbor. This event was a symbol of American Freedom. Take this quiz and learn more about the Boston Tea Party.
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1776
1773
1997
1677
Land
Food
Transportation
Tea
Guns
To show the colonists that the British were in control
Because tea was not selling well, so the British wanted to make more money
To show the colonists that the British cared about them
They thought it was disgusting
They grew it but did not like drinking it
It was their favorite drink in the colonies
It was not so special to the colonists
3 British ships filled with corn, squash, and beans
3 British ships filled with tobacco
3 British ships filled with tea
3 British ships filled with tea, tobacco, and gold
A group of colonists dressed up as Indians and danced around Boston
They dressed up as African slaves then went onto the British ships, and poured out the tea into the Boston Harbor
They dressed up as Native Americans, went aboard the British ships and poured out the tea into the Boston Harbor
A crows of colonists dressed up as Indians and celebrated Thanksgiving with other colonists
The British put a tax on parties in the colonies
The British put a tax on paper products, like newspapers
The British put a tax on tea
The colonists wanted to celebrate their religious freedom in the colonies by drinking tea all night long
It helped join the colonists together
It brought the colonists and British closer together
The colonists had to use the bathroom because of drinking too much tea at the Boston Tea Party
It made the British Parliament very angry
It made the British Parliament feel very happy
Land
Tea
Houses
Paper products, like newspapers
Ships