1. UNIT 1.3
BOSTON
TEA PARTY

2. 27. What also happens on the day of the Boston Massacre?

3. On the same day as the Boston Massacre, Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts

4. 28. Why did Parliament keep the tea tax?

5. they kept the tea tax to prove they still could tax the colonists

6. 29. What was the purpose of the COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE?

7. The COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE allowed the secret organizations in different towns to exchange information with each other

8. 30. When did the BOSTON TEA PARTY occur?

9. The BOSTON TEA PARTY happened on the evening of December 16, 1773

13. 31. How much tea was destroyed?

14. A total of 342 chests of tea were destroyed
It was valued to 90,000 English pounds at the time

16. 32. How did the British officials and the King react to the Boston Tea Party?

17. King George III and Parliament were outraged at this act of treason by the colonists

18. 33. How did the British punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party?

19. Parliament enacted a series of laws as punishments that were called the INTOLERABLE ACTS

20. 34. Describe the various parts of the INTOLERABLE ACTS:

21. #1 – port of Boston was to be closed until all the damaged tea was paid for by the colonists

22. #2 – any meetings of the committees of correspondence were to be banned

23. #3 – British officials accused of a crime in the colonies could have their trial back in England

24. #4 – British troops were still allowed to be housed anywhere they wanted

25. 35. How did the colonies other than Massachusetts react to the Intolerable Acts?

26. Other colonies sent food and money to Boston as a sign of their support

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