Brewing Rebellion

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to strengthen reading comprehension, inferencing, and evidence-based writing through a focused passage about the Boston Tea Party. Learners read an informational narrative, analyze colonists’ emotions and motivations, and write a supported response explaining why people felt both angry and determined, building deeper understanding of historical context and cause-and-effect.

Skills Reinforced

• Making Inferences (Grades 4-6) – Students use text clues to draw conclusions about colonists’ feelings and motivations.
• Reading Comprehension – Learners closely read an informational passage to understand events leading to the American Revolution.
• Evidence-Based Writing – Encourages students to support ideas with details from the text.
• Historical Reasoning – Builds understanding of why the Boston Tea Party was a turning point in colonial resistance.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators with grade-appropriate text and clear expectations.
• Structured Written Response – Supports students in organizing thoughts and justifying answers.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for social studies lessons, ELA integration, small groups, or independent practice.
• Low-Prep & Printable – Easy to implement in classrooms or homeschool settings with minimal preparation.

This printable worksheet helps students deepen comprehension, strengthen inferencing skills, and practice written justification using historical text. By examining colonists’ emotions and motivations during the Boston Tea Party, learners connect reading strategies with meaningful social studies content. Suitable for both classroom and homeschool use, this activity provides a clear and engaging way to build critical thinking, literacy, and historical understanding.

This worksheet is part of our Independence Day Worksheets collection.