THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Beaver, Dartmouth, and Mayflower
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Eleanor, Dartmouth and Beaver
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Eleanor, Beaver and auxiliary ship
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dartmouth arrived in Boston on November 28, 1773, the Eleanor on December 2, and the last to arrive was the Beaver, which came into port on December 15. Each of the three ships carried more than one hundred chests of British East India Company tea.
Detailed explanation-2: -On The Night Of The Boston Tea Party, Three Ships That Had Sailed From London Carrying Cargoes Of British East India Company Tea Were Moored In Boston Harbor. The Vessels Were Built In America And Owned By Americans. The Beaver And The Dartmouth Were Whalers, And The Eleanor Was A Full Rigged Ship.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Dartmouth, with her cargo of 114 chests of British East India Company tea, was the first of the Tea Party ships to arrive at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston. She arrived in Boston on Sunday, November 28, 1773 – eighteen days prior to the December 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.