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Boston Massacre and Tea Party

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  • What was the most popular drink in both America and England in the 1700's?
    TEA!
  • What STATE did the Boston Tea Party occur in?
    Massachusetts
  • In what city did representatives from the 13 colonies gather after the Boston Tea Party to discuss what would happen next?
    Philadelphia
  • What did some of the colonists dress up as during the Boston Tea Party?
    Native American Indians
  • What was the name of the group of colonists who met to discuss the future of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party
    The First Continental Congress
  • What did the King do to Tea that made colonists very unhappy?
    Taxed tea
  • Who created a famous inscription of the Boston Massacre that angered many colonists and encouraged them to go to war with England?
    Boston Massacre
  • How many ships in total were a part of the Boston Tea Party?
    3
  • What future American president was the lawyer who DEFENDED the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre
    John Adams
  • What famous founding father is credited with the idea of the Boston Tea Party?
    Sam Adams
  • How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre?
    5
  • Who started the Boston Massacre?
    We do not know!
  • What were two things that were being thrown at redcoats that started the Boston Massacre
    rocks, snowballs
  • Because of the high taxes, about 3/4 of the tea was smuggled into the country from _________.
    Holland
  • Colonists were very unhappy with taxes and would chant "No taxation without __________."
    representation