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Quiz for Document 6–3: George R. T. Hewes, Memoir, 1834

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What did the behavior and tone of British custom-house officer John Malcolm suggest to Hewes?

British officials treated colonists like foreigners.

British officials treated colonists as social inferiors.

British officials were more American in demeanor than English.

British officials were likely to have common cause with the colonists.

2. How did the mob of people punish Malcolm for his behavior toward Hewes?

The mob let the local magistrate deal with Malcolm.

They made him pay a hefty fine.

They threw him in jail.

The mob tarred and feathered him.

3. What was Hewes’s opinion of the rebels’ behavior the night of the Boston Tea Party?

Many of the rebels became too violent and destroyed more property than the tea.

It was very chaotic, and the rebels did not obey orders from the men in charge.

It was orderly and most of the rebels listened to those men who were put in charge.

Most of the rebels behaved respectably, but the British arrested a few for their bad behavior.

4. How did the patriots treat those who tried to keep tea for themselves or sell it after the Boston Tea Party?

They were publicly punished or shamed for keeping tea or for trying to sell it.

They were kicked out of Boston.

They were reported to the local newspaper that publicized the names of offenders each week.

The patriots boycotted the businesses of the people who kept tea for themselves.