USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many people participated in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773?
A
20
B
100
C
116
D
132
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For fear of punishment, many participants of the Boston Tea Party remained anonymous for many years after the event. To date it is known that 116 people are documented to have participated.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Boston Tea Party Organizers Famous Boston Patriots who were members of the Sons of Liberty included John Adams, John Hancock, James Otis, Josiah Quincy, Paul Revere, and Dr. Joseph Warren.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Boston Tea Party, which occurred on December 16, 1773 and was known to contemporaries as the Destruction of the Tea, was a direct response to British taxation policies in the North American colonies. The British response to the Boston Tea Party was to impose even more stringent policies on the Massachusetts colony.

Detailed explanation-5: -No one died during the Boston Tea Party. There was no violence and no confrontation between the Patriots, the Tories and the British soldiers garrisoned in Boston. No members of the crews of the Beaver, Dartmouth, or Eleanor were harmed.

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