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11 Cards in this Set
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In 1773, a new law called the _____ started more protests.
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Tea Act
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The Tea Act was Lord North’s attempt to rescue the __________.
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British East India Company
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The tea company was in danger of going broke unless it sold _________ pounds of tea in the London warehouses.
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17 million
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The Tea Act lowered the cost of tea so even with tax, it was cheaper than the smuggled ________.
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Dutch tea
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The colonists weren’t fooled. They saw the Tea Act as a way to ______.
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tax them without their consent
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The East India Company had a ___________ over the tea trade and wondered what the government would try to control next.
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monopoly
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The royal governor ordered the British navy to block the ship’s exit from ________ and said that three could not leave until they were unloaded.
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Boston Harbor
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On December 16, 1773, the _______ “unloaded” the tea.
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Sons of Liberty
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We have a primary source document from ________ describing what happened.
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George Hewes
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Patriots dressed as _______ threw 342 chests of tea overboard.
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Mohawk Indians
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About _____ pounds of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor.
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90,000
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