THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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East Boston
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Boston pier
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Bouston harbor
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None of the above
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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: -It was the cup of tea heard ‘round the world-a protest so shocking, it heralded a revolution. On December 16, 1773, angry American colonists sent 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor to protest British duties on tea.
Detailed explanation-3: -Protesters, some disguised as Indigenous Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. To protest British Parliament’s tax on tea. “No taxation without representation.” The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American Colonists against the British government. They staged the protest by boarding three trade ships in Boston Harbor and throwing the ships’ cargo of tea overboard into the ocean. They threw 342 chests of tea into the water.