Question

Which of the following statements related to the Boston Tea Party during the American War of Independence is correct?

• A. The revolutionaries hosted a tea party in the honour of a British Chancellor in order to place their grievences before him.
• B. The revolutionaries stealthily entered ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water.
• C. The party was hosted when the tea taxes were withdrawn by the British government.
• D. It was a protest against Quebec Act.

Answer 1

The correct option is B The revolutionaries stealthily entered ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water.

On the 16th of December 1773, a group called the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans. These men boarded British ships harboured at Boston and dumped 342 chests of tea into the sea. This event was called the 'Boston Tea Party'. It marked the start of the American War of Independence.