Liberty’s Kids
Episode 1
Boston Tea Party
Name________________
Fre Previw
Section_______
1. What was the name of the paper that Franklin’s printing press was printing?
2. What was the name of the ship Sarah Phillip’s was on in the Boston Harbor?
Circle oneDartmouth
Yale
Franklin
3. Who was the Governor of Massachusetts?
Franklin
Moses
Hutchinson
4. What was the group that Samuel Adams was speaking to at the South Meeting
House?
5. Why did the colonists destroy the tea?
6. Where did Sarah’s bias lay? Provide evidence.
7. What was the nickname of the British soldiers?
8. Where was Phyllis Wheatley born?
9. What was Phyllis Wheatley known for writing?
10. According to Sarah, what is the contradiction of the colonists wanting freedom
Britain and the institution of slavery?
11. Name two accomplishments of Ben Franklin that were mentioned while he sat in
front of Parliament.
12. What charge did Parliament levy against Benjamin Franklin?
Liberty’s Kids
Episode 1
Boston Tea Party
Name________________
Fre Previw
Section_______
1. What was the name of the paper that Franklin’s printing press was printing?
PA Gazette
2. What was the name of the ship Sarah Phillip’s was on in the Boston Harbor?
Circle oneDartmouth
Yale
Franklin
3. Who was the Governor of Massachusetts?
Franklin
Moses
Hutchinson
4. What was the group that Samuel Adams was speaking to at the South Meeting
House?
Sons of Liberty
5. Why did the colonists destroy the tea?
Tax on tea
6. Where did Sarah’s bias lay? Provide evidence.
With the British she constantly sides with them on the issues
7. What was the nickname of the British soldiers?
Redcoats or lobsterbacks
8. Where was Phyllis Wheatley born?
9. What was Phyllis Wheatley known for writing?
Poetry
10. According to Sarah, what is the contradiction of the colonists wanting freedom
Britain and the institution of slavery?
That the colonists argure all men should be free yet they enslave AFricans
11. Name two accomplishments of Ben Franklin that were mentioned while he sat in
front of Parliament.
Scientist and inventor
12. What charge did Parliament levy against Benjamin Franklin?
Treason or being a traitor