Key Content Review: Road to Revolution

Question 9 • *NBHS FL-2106010-M/J Civics A

Which of the following best describes the events of Boston Tea Party in 1773?

Answer

Indigenous people boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped a shipment of tea into the water.

Colonists in disguise boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped a shipment of tea in the water.

The British dumped tea in Boston Harbor after colonists boycotted a shipment of tea and refused to buy it.

Colonists met in Boston’s Old South Meeting House to discuss how to smuggle tea into the colonies.

Explanation

In December 1773, colonists disguised themselves, including as Mohawk people, boarded British ships in Boston Harbor, and threw the tea cargo into the water to protest British policies. Choice B correctly describes what happened; the tea was dumped by the colonists, not by the British.

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