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]
Who lead the 116 men into throwing the tea overboard?
A
Samuel Adams
B
John Cena
C
George Washington
D
Ben Franklin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who organized the Boston Tea Party ? The Sons of Liberty . The Boston Tea Party was organized and carried out by a group of Patriots led by Samuel Adams known as the Sons of Liberty.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In Boston, Sam Adams was promoting opposition to the Tea Act. On November 3, 1773 he published an influential article, Resolutions of the Town of Boston. In it he calls for all Americans to oppose this tax and to not pay the duty on tea or become “an enemy to America”.

Detailed explanation-4: -While Adams did not participate in the destruction of the tea, he stayed behind at Old South Meeting House along with other patriot leaders to provide a distraction to the British Army stationed in Boston.

Detailed explanation-5: -Samuel Adams, (born September 27 [September 16, Old Style], 1722, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]-died October 2, 1803, Boston), politician of the American Revolution, leader of the Massachusetts “radicals, ” who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (1774–81) and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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