Name _______________________________    Date________________________ Tea Parties Worksheet List some of the most important events that led up to the American Revolution. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Ben Franklin predicted that the colonists would resist any harsh restrictions on their freedom. Was he right? How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act, the Tea Tax, and other measures to "bring them into line?" ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What did the colonists in Boston do with the casks of tea? Why? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What role did Samuel Adams play in the Boston Tea Party? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ How did the other colonies, such as Maryland, respond to the closing of the port of Boston? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ At the meeting of the local residents in Chester Town, the men passed a set of Resolves. Explain these Resolves. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What happened to the tea aboard the ship Geddes? Do you think the men acted lawfully? Explain your answer. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Based on what you know and the information you have just gathered, complete the Venn diagram below. Drawing on what you have learned from what you have read, the pictures you have seen, and the web sites you have visited, complete the following chart comparing Baltimore Clippers, like Chasseur, and Yankee Clippers, like Flying Cloud.     Baltimore Clippers Yankee Clippers Time of greatest popularity     Number of masts     Types of sails     What they were used for       Size of cargo they could hold     Speed

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