📚 Part 1: Understanding the Boston Tea Party

1. What was the Boston Tea Party?

A celebration party for British tea merchants

A colonial protest against British taxation in 1773

A formal dinner hosted by Boston's mayor

A trade agreement between Britain and the colonies

2. Which of the following were causes of the Boston Tea Party? (Check all that apply)

The Tea Act gave British tea companies unfair advantages

Colonists were angry about taxation without representation

Tea prices were too expensive for colonists

The British banned all tea imports to America

3. What year did the Boston Tea Party take place?

1770

1773

1775

1776

🔍 Part 2: Cause and Effect Analysis

4. Complete the cause and effect chain. Fill in the missing information:

Cause: The British passed the _________________ which gave British tea companies special advantages over colonial merchants.

Event: Colonists disguised as _________________ dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

Effect: The British government responded by passing the _________________ Acts to punish the colonists.

5. How did the Boston Tea Party push the colonies closer to revolution? Use evidence to support your answer.

6. Place these events in chronological order by numbering them 1-5:

_____ The Revolutionary War begins at Lexington and Concord

_____ The Tea Act is passed by British Parliament

_____ The Boston Tea Party occurs

_____ The Intolerable Acts are passed as punishment

_____ The First Continental Congress meets

7. What might have happened if the Boston Tea Party never occurred? Explain your reasoning.

8. From the colonists' perspective, was the Boston Tea Party justified? Provide two reasons for your answer.