Read the excerpt from “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”In our own nation, the Boston Tea Party represented a massive act of civil disobedience.Why does King use this allusion?

King refers to the Boston Tea Party, an act of resistance to authority that is widely recognized as part of the nation’s history. The allusion shows that civil disobedience has a historical precedent in the United States, helping justify his own actions. The best answer is “to establish historical precedent for his actions.”

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