MCQs on Boston Tea Party Anniversary (December 16)
1. What event is commemorated on December 16?
A) The signing of the Declaration of Independence
B) The Boston Tea Party
C) The Boston Massacre
D) The Battle of Bunker Hill
Answer: B) The Boston Tea Party
2. In what year did the Boston Tea Party take place?
A) 1770
B) 1773
C) 1775
D) 1781
Answer: B) 1773
3. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against which British act?
A) The Stamp Act
B) The Sugar Act
C) The Townshend Acts
D) The Tea Act
Answer: D) The Tea Act
4. Which group was responsible for the Boston Tea Party?
A) The Sons of Liberty
B) The Daughters of Liberty
C) The Patriots
D) The Continental Congress
Answer: A) The Sons of Liberty
5. What was the primary reason for the Boston Tea Party?
A) Opposition to British taxes
B) Discontent with colonial governance
C) Protests against military occupation
D) Resistance to British trade restrictions
Answer: A) Opposition to British taxes
6. How did the participants of the Boston Tea Party protest?
A) They marched to the British Parliament
B) They destroyed a shipment of tea
C) They wrote a petition to the King
D) They organized a boycott
Answer: B) They destroyed a shipment of tea
7. Where did the Boston Tea Party occur?
A) Boston Harbor
B) Lexington Green
C) Concord Bridge
D) Boston Common
Answer: A) Boston Harbor
8. How many chests of tea were thrown into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party?
A) 10
B) 30
C) 45
D) 92
Answer: D) 92
9. Who was the British Prime Minister during the Boston Tea Party?
A) William Pitt
B) George Grenville
C) Lord North
D) Charles Townshend
Answer: C) Lord North
10. What was the immediate British response to the Boston Tea Party?
A) The Boston Port Act
B) The Quartering Act
C) The Intolerable Acts
D) The Declaratory Act
Answer: A) The Boston Port Act
11. Which of the following was a direct consequence of the Boston Tea Party?
A) The repeal of the Tea Act
B) The beginning of the American Revolutionary War
C) The passage of the Intolerable Acts
D) The signing of the Treaty of Paris
Answer: C) The passage of the Intolerable Acts
12. Who was the prominent leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston?
A) Samuel Adams
B) John Hancock
C) Paul Revere
D) Benjamin Franklin
Answer: A) Samuel Adams
13. What was the main goal of the Tea Act of 1773?
A) To reduce the price of tea
B) To support the British East India Company
C) To increase colonial trade
D) To eliminate colonial taxes
Answer: B) To support the British East India Company
14. Which ship was NOT involved in the Boston Tea Party?
A) The Dartmouth
B) The Eleanor
C) The Beaver
D) The Liberty
Answer: D) The Liberty
15. The Boston Tea Party was part of a larger movement against what type of legislation?
A) Economic
B) Social
C) Military
D) Religious
Answer: A) Economic
16. What was the British East India Company’s role in the Boston Tea Party?
A) They organized the protest
B) They were the owners of the tea destroyed
C) They arrested the protesters
D) They drafted the Tea Act
Answer: B) They were the owners of the tea destroyed
17. Which colony was the center of the Boston Tea Party?
A) Virginia
B) New York
C) Massachusetts
D) Pennsylvania
Answer: C) Massachusetts
18. The destruction of tea during the Boston Tea Party was a protest against which type of taxation?
A) Direct tax
B) Indirect tax
C) Import tax
D) Export tax
Answer: B) Indirect tax
19. What was the name of the British act that punished Boston for the Tea Party?
A) The Coercive Acts
B) The Revenue Act
C) The Navigation Act
D) The Sugar Act
Answer: A) The Coercive Acts
20. How did the Tea Act affect colonial merchants?
A) It allowed them to buy tea at a reduced price
B) It gave them exclusive trading rights
C) It undercut their tea sales by allowing cheaper British tea
D) It removed taxes on colonial tea
Answer: C) It undercut their tea sales by allowing cheaper British tea
21. Which historical figure was known for his famous “Midnight Ride” and was involved in the Boston Tea Party?
A) Samuel Adams
B) Paul Revere
C) John Adams
D) Benjamin Franklin
Answer: B) Paul Revere
22. The Boston Tea Party directly influenced which subsequent event in American history?
A) The signing of the Constitution
B) The Declaration of Independence
C) The Battle of Yorktown
D) The Louisiana Purchase
Answer: B) The Declaration of Independence
23. What was the public sentiment in Boston following the Tea Party?
A) Celebration and support
B) Disapproval and fear
C) Indifference
D) Neutrality
Answer: A) Celebration and support
24. Which colonial assembly passed resolutions supporting the Boston Tea Party?
A) The First Continental Congress
B) The Virginia House of Burgesses
C) The Massachusetts Assembly
D) The New York Assembly
Answer: C) The Massachusetts Assembly
25. Which act was NOT a part of the Intolerable Acts?
A) The Boston Port Act
B) The Quartering Act
C) The Administration of Justice Act
D) The Stamp Act
Answer: D) The Stamp Act
26. Who was the governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?
A) Thomas Hutchinson
B) William Shirley
C) Jonathan Belcher
D) Francis Bernard
Answer: A) Thomas Hutchinson
27. What was the primary goal of the Tea Party participants?
A) To seek independence from Britain
B) To protest British economic policies
C) To demand better trade agreements
D) To establish a new government
Answer: B) To protest British economic policies
28. Which group, alongside the Sons of Liberty, supported the Boston Tea Party?
A) The Loyalists
B) The Patriots
C) The Redcoats
D) The Quakers
Answer: B) The Patriots
29. Which historical document was directly influenced by the Boston Tea Party?
A) The Magna Carta
B) The Federalist Papers
C) The Declaration of Rights and Grievances
D) The Articles of Confederation
Answer: C) The Declaration of Rights and Grievances
30. The Boston Tea Party was a significant event leading to the unification of which colonial body?
A) The Continental Congress
B) The Albany Congress
C) The New England Confederation
D) The Committees of Correspondence
Answer: A) The Continental Congress
31. What was the reaction of the British government to the destruction of tea?
A) They offered concessions to the colonies
B) They increased taxes on the colonies
C) They enacted punitive measures against Boston
D) They sought diplomatic negotiations
Answer: C) They enacted punitive measures against Boston
32. Which famous document did the Boston Tea Party help to inspire?
A) The Bill of Rights
B) The Federalist Papers
C) The Declaration of Independence
D) The Constitution
Answer: C) The Declaration of Independence
33. Which American Founding Father was a key organizer of the Boston Tea Party?
A) George Washington
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Samuel Adams
Answer: D) Samuel Adams
34. What was one of the key grievances leading up to the Boston Tea Party?
A) The imposition of the Stamp Act
B) The prohibition of westward expansion
C) The enforcement of the Tea Act
D) The lack of representation in Parliament
Answer: D) The lack of representation in Parliament
35. Which event was directly related to the Boston Tea Party in terms of public reaction?
A) The signing of the Treaty of Paris
B) The Boston Massacre
C) The Battle of Lexington and Concord
D) The Philadelphia Convention
Answer: B) The Boston Massacre
36. Which Massachusetts city was the site of the Boston Tea Party?
A) Salem
B) Worcester
C) Boston
D) Plymouth
Answer: C) Boston
37. What type of protest was the Boston Tea Party?
A) Peaceful demonstration
B) Economic boycott
C) Direct action
D) Legal challenge
Answer: C) Direct action
38. What was the long-term impact of the Boston Tea Party on British-American relations?
A) It led to improved relations
B) It resulted in the easing of tensions
C) It exacerbated hostilities leading to war
D) It created a sense of mutual respect
Answer: C) It exacerbated hostilities leading to war
39. How did the Boston Tea Party influence the perception of the colonists in Britain?
A) They were seen as loyal subjects
B) They were viewed as radicals
C) They were regarded as negotiators
D) They were considered passive
Answer: B) They were viewed as radicals
40. What did the tea dumped into Boston Harbor symbolize?
A) The wealth of the colonists
B) The British Empire’s power
C) Colonial resistance to British oppression
D) The unity of the colonies
Answer: C) Colonial resistance to British oppression
41. How did the Boston Tea Party influence the movement towards independence?
A) It quelled the independence movement
B) It united the colonies against British rule
C) It had no significant impact
D) It led to a peaceful resolution
Answer: B) It united the colonies against British rule
42. The Boston Tea Party was a response to what broader colonial sentiment?
A) Desire for more trade
B) Desire for independence
C) Desire for reconciliation
D) Desire for military support
Answer: B) Desire for independence
43. What historical lesson is often drawn from the Boston Tea Party?
A) Peaceful protests are most effective
B) Economic sanctions can lead to conflict
C) Direct action can achieve political change
D) Diplomacy is the best course of action
Answer: C) Direct action can achieve political change
44. Which act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies?
A) The Stamp Act
B) The Townshend Acts
C) The Tea Act
D) The Intolerable Acts
Answer: C) The Tea Act
45. What was the primary method used by the colonists to disguise themselves during the Boston Tea Party?
A) Dressing as soldiers
B) Wearing masks
C) Dressing as Native Americans
D) Wearing formal attire
Answer: C) Dressing as Native Americans
46. What role did propaganda play in the Boston Tea Party?
A) It was irrelevant
B) It fueled anger against British rule
C) It promoted British views
D) It was used to divide the colonies
Answer: B) It fueled anger against British rule
47. Who famously said, “No taxation without representation”?
A) John Adams
B) Samuel Adams
C) Patrick Henry
D) Thomas Jefferson
Answer: B) Samuel Adams
48. Which act restricted colonial assemblies in response to the Boston Tea Party?
A) The Coercive Acts
B) The Quartering Act
C) The Navigation Act
D) The Declaratory Act
Answer: A) The Coercive Acts
49. The Boston Tea Party was one of the first acts of what type of warfare?
A) Economic warfare
B) Psychological warfare
C) Guerrilla warfare
D) Total warfare
Answer: A) Economic warfare
50. What was one significant outcome of the Boston Tea Party?
A) The end of colonial taxes
B) The beginning of open conflict between Britain and the colonies
C) The establishment of the Continental Congress
D) The creation of a new colonial government
Answer: B) The beginning of open conflict between Britain and the colonies