Boston Tea Party Crossword Puzzle

About the Boston Tea Party Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers the 1773 protest against the Tea Act, when colonists boarded ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor. Look for people such as Samuel Adams and John Hancock, ships including Dartmouth and Beaver, and terms like Parliament, boycott, and Griffin's Wharf. It suits students and anyone interested in colonial America and the events leading up to the American Revolution.

This crossword draws on 37 clues about Boston Tea Party. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Vessel named for a semiaquatic mammal (6 letters)
• •Lidded storage box (5 letters)
• •Vessel that carried taxed leaves across the Atlantic (9 letters)
• •One of three vessels carrying taxed leaves (7 letters)
• •Merchant who served as Massachusetts governor (11 letters)
• •Trader who buys and sells goods (8 letters)
• •Colonist who supported independence (7 letters)
• •Overthrow of an established political order (10 letters)

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