USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the “tea party ” with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty, his underground resistance group. The British tea dumped in Boston Harbor on the night of December 16 was valued at some $18, 000.

Detailed explanation-2: -What Happened at the Boston Tea Party? That night, a large group of men-many reportedly members of the Sons of Liberty-disguised themselves in Native American garb, boarded the docked ships and threw 342 chests of tea into the water.

Detailed explanation-3: -340 chests of British East India Company Tea, weighing over 92, 000 pounds (roughly 46 tons), onboard the Beaver, Dartmouth, and Eleanor were smashed open by the Sons of Liberty armed with an assortment of axes and dumped into Boston Harbor the night of December 16, 1773.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Boston Tea Party, carried out by the Sons of Liberty and led by Samuel Adams, was a catalyst for the start of war and a principal reason why the Revolutionary War began in Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.