Question

Question 1

1. According to the article, how did people living in other cities respond to the Boston Tea Party?

Question 1 options:

They tried not to upset the British government.


They also refused to use teas that came from England.


They began drinking teas from other countries.



They closed down shops that were selling British tea.

Question 2
2. Based on the article, why did people in Boston destroy the tea?

Question 2 options:

They were angry with the ship owner because he refused to pay a tax to use the port in Boston.


They tried to hold a committee meeting, but the members could not come to a peaceful decision.


They felt disrespected by the British and wanted to damage their property, such as tea.


They wanted to return the tea to London, but the governor wanted to make them keep the tea and pay a tax.

Question 3
3.

Read the following sentence from the section "East India Co. Tea Doesn't Get To Philadelphia."

The only thing certain was that they would not be permitted to land the tea in any part of that land.

What is the BEST definition of "permitted" based on the information in the paragraph?

Question 3 options:

wise


justified


allowed


capable

Question 4
Which of the following words, if it replaced the word "detested" in the sentence below, would CHANGE the meaning of the sentence?

It had 58 chests of the detested tea on board.

Question 4 options:

hated


despised


loathed


forgotten

Answer 1

Question 1

They refused to use tea that came from England.

Question 2

They wanted to return the tea to London, but the governor wanted to make them keep the tea and pay a tax.

Question 3

Allowed

Question 4

Forgotten

Answer 2

Question 1: They also refused to use teas that came from England.

Explanation: Boston Tea Party is an incident due to the unreasonable taxes levied on American Colonies by England. As a result, American colonies resort to boycott the commercial products from England.

Question 2: They felt disrespected by the British and wanted to damage their property, such as tea.

Step-by-step explanation:

Despite disagreement from American Colonies, England refused to compromise with their taxation policy on American. This provoke American Colonies to destroy England's property such as tea.

Question 3: allowed

Step-by-step explanation:

The "permitted" in the text carries the meaning of let somebody do something and therefore the closest definition is "allowed"

Question 4: forgotten

Step-by-step explanation:

"hated", "despised" and "loathed" all carry the meaning of "detested" to the tea are viewed as a kind of disgrace. Only the term "forgotten" carries the meaning which is different from "detested".