social studies week 14 Flashcards
who benifited from the tea tax?
the companys directors
what does BOYCOTT mean?
they refuse to buy them
explain the TEA ACT?
the tea act took away all competitive buying from merchant
which patriots was a silversmith who made fine silver teapots?
master craftsmen
what continent wast
tea mostly grown?
asia
which tea party{s} actually dumped cases of tea into the water?
boston and new york
what was considered the dumping of the tea and not being unloaded?
civil disobedience
what was the purpose of the sons of liberty?
the purpose is to protest the actions of parliament
what was the massachusetts commitee of correspondence?
these commitees were set up to communicate with each colony and cordinate boycott and protest
list one fact about john hancock
john hancock was a wealthy man in the 1760s
