Vocab and Boston Tea Party
5th grade test 2
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| 634479871 | boston massacre | the killing of five men in boston by panicked British soldiers | |
| 634479872 | Tea Act | a law that allowed only one company to sell tea to colonists | |
| 634479873 | boston tea party | protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped british tea into boston harbor | |
| 634479874 | intolerable acts | a series of laws enacted by Parliament (British) in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. | |
| 634479875 | Militia -a Volunteer army minutemen | militia group that could be ready to fight for their colony at only a minutes notice. | |
| 634479876 | patriot | a colonist who was against British rule | |
| 634479877 | loyalist | colonist who remained loyal to Britain | |
| 634479878 | bunker hill | a battle that was fought on breeds hill that gave hope and confidence to patriot soldiers. They believed they could stand up to the mighty British Army. JUNE 1775 | |
| 634479879 | Where did the Boston Tea Party take place? | Boston Harbor | |
| 634479880 | Who was involved in the Boston Tea Party? | 30 to 130 American Colonist. They were disguised in Mohawk costumes. | |
| 634479881 | What happened at the Boston Tea Party? | sons of liberty dressed up mohawk indians they boarded 3 ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. | |
| 634479882 | Whose Tea was dumped in the Harbor? | The tea was owned by British East India Company | |
| 634479883 | What 3 ships did the Colonist board during the Tea Party? | The Eleanor, The Beaver and the Dartmouth. | |
| 634479884 | Why did the Boston Tea Party occur? | Part of a standoff between the colonists and the British government over who had the right to tax americans. Taxes were levied by the British Parliament, where American were not allowed to serve and have a voice. The Americans said only their colonist assemblies could tax them. | |
| 634479885 | Why did the colonist refuse to let the tea be unloaded? | Because then then the tax would have to be paid. | |
| 634479886 | What was the reaction to the Boston Tea Party? | The British closed the ports of Boston. This caused a great hardship for the colony. The British Navy blocked the ports. | |
| 634479887 | What was the committee of correspondents | The Continental Congress began the Committee of Correspondence to enable Boston to communicate closely with other colonies. The colonies then smuggled goods and supplies into Boston. Eventually the tea act was repealed. | |
| 639427056 | What is the stamp act? | It required that the colonists purchase a stamp whenever they purchased any printed materials (newspapers, deeds, pamphlets, and even playing cards). | |
| 639427057 | What did King George do to the town of Boston after he found out they dumped the tea into the Harbor? | The British closed the ports causing great hardship *****The INTOLERABLE ACTS | |
| 639427058 | What was created as a result of the Boston Tea Party? | The British Navy blocked the ports of Boston Harbor so the continental Congress began the Committee of Correspondence. | |
| 639430343 | Why do they call this the revolutionary war? | This was a significant time bc for the first time a group of people wanted to rule themselves. They wanted to vote for leaders and decide on their own government. The colonist were willing to stand up to the world's bets army in order to gain their independence. |
