Name:

Date:

Section:

A. The Boston Massacre

1. Indicate how many additional soldiers arrived in fall of 1768:

2. British soldiers nickname because of their bright red jackets:

3. Commanding Generals name in Boston of the British:

4. Explain the Boston Massacre in four points:

a.

b.

c.

5. Explain what happened to the soldiers who fired the shots:

a.

b.

c.

d. List who defended them and why:

1.

6. The Boston Massacre stood as a symbol of British tyranny to the colonists

B. The Tea Act Increases Anger

1. Smuggled tea came from here:

2. Explain what happened to British tea companies and their tea:

a.

b.

3. Company with exclusive rights to sell tea to the colonies:

 4. Colonists view of the tea act:

C. Colonial Unity Expands

1. Colonial leaders wanted unity among the colonies:

2. Define committee of correspondence:

D. The Boston Tea Party

1. Protests against the Tea Act took place at several places

a. Charlestown SC:

b. New York City and Philadelphia:

c. Boston:

i. Boston Tea Party organizers:

ii. Date of Boston Tea Party:

iii. Describe the clothes the colonists wore:

iv. Number of chests of tea destroyed:

v. Colonists response to the tea party:

vi. British response to the tea party:

vii. Colonial leaders compromise:

viii. British response to compromise: