THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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circus clowns
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grizzly bears
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Red Coats
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Mohawk Indians
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Detailed explanation-1: -In an effort to hide their true identities, many of the Sons of Liberty attempted to pass themselves off as Mohawk Indians because if caught for their actions they would have faced severe punishment. Reports from the time describe the participants as dressed as Mohawks or Narragansett Indians.
Detailed explanation-2: -On the winter night of Thursday, December 16, 1773 the “tea crisis” in Boston came to a head. Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians were armed with an assortment of axes. They quietly boarded three ships carrying cargoes of British East India Company tea moored at Griffin’s Wharf.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.