USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

Detailed explanation-2: -American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation, ” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists.

Detailed explanation-3: -The tea the Sons of Liberty dumped into Boston Harbor was in fact from China. In addition to India, the British East India Company had extensive dealings in China because of the lucrative opium trade.

Detailed explanation-4: -All those who participated in throwing tea from English ships into the Boston Harbor disguised themselves as Indians in hopes that their identities would stay unknown. Many of the Sons of Liberty did not participate in the Boston Tea Party because they were so recognizable, even with a disguise.

Detailed explanation-5: -To protest the Tea Act of 1773, colonists disguised as Mohawks raided ships and dumped ninety thousand pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.