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The Tea Act was Lord North's attempt to rescue the British ______ Company.
East India
The Boston Tea Party occurred as a response to the ______ Act in 1773.
Tea
The Tea Act gave the British East India Company a ______ over tea sales in the colonies.
monopoly
Colonists viewed the Tea Act as another attempt to tax them without their ______.
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On December 16, 1773, the Sons of ______ decided to unload the tea.
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About 60 men dressed as ______ Indians boarded the three ships.
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The Sons of Liberty dumped about ______ pounds of tea into the sea that night.
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John Adams described the destruction of tea as bold, daring, and with ______ consequences.
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The men were ordered to take out all the chests of ______ and throw them overboard.
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We were surrounded by British armed ______, but no attempt was made to resist us.
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Study Notes
The Boston Tea Party
- The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the Tea Act of 1773.
- The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, bypassing colonial merchants.
- The Act also gave the company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies, which meant that they could set the prices.
- Many colonists saw the Tea Act as a way for the British government to control them and their economy.
- The Act aimed to rescue the British East India Company, which was struggling financially due to the American boycott of British tea.
- The Tea Act lowered the price of British tea, making it cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea.
- On December 16, 1773, a group of men disguised as Native Americans boarded three British East India Company ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the sea.
- This event, known as the Boston Tea Party, became a symbol of colonial resistance to British rule.
- The act was seen by colonist's as yet another attempt to tax them without their consent, especially after the repeal of the Townshend Acts.
The Sons of Liberty
- The Sons of Liberty was a group of colonists who organized protests against British rule.
- They were led by Samuel Adams and other prominent Patriots.
- The group played a key role in the Boston Tea Party, which was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
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Test your knowledge about the Boston Tea Party, a pivotal event in American history. This quiz covers the causes, actions, and implications of the protest against the Tea Act of 1773. Explore the significance of this rebellion and its impact on colonial resistance to British control.
