THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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The rebels in Boston threw tea overboard to protest the actions of Governor Hutchinson.
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The rebels in Boston boarded the ship dressed as Indians to confuse the British.
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The rebels in Boston refused to board the ships because they were surrounded by cannons and felt their lives were in danger.
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The rebels in Boston threw the tea overboard because they felt the government was not responding to their desires.
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The rebels wanted to ensure that none of the tea onboard the ships could ever be used.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It demonstrates that rebels were willing to sacrifice their lives for the cause they were fighting for. It reveals that the participants in the Boston Tea Party did not tell anyone their names so that they could avoid getting in trouble.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best describes how the Boston Tea Party contributed to the American Revolution? A. It marked the symbolic beginning of the American Revolution and was quickly followed by battles.
Detailed explanation-3: -It’s estimated that the protestors tossed more than 92, 000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. That’s enough to fill 18.5 million teabags. The present-day value of the destroyed tea has been estimated at around $1 million.
Detailed explanation-4: -The midnight raid, popularly known as the “Boston Tea Party, ” was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.