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Why were commodities dumped from the cargo vessels into the sea in December 1773 in Boston?

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The ship was too heavy to carry the cargo.
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To send a clear message to the colonisers that their time of oppression was about to end.
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It was a Boston tradition followed each year during December.
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It was done to commemorate the resurrection of Christ.
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Solution

The correct option is B To send a clear message to the colonisers that their time of oppression was about to end.
In the December of 1773, a group of men in Boston disguised themselves as Native Americans and entered the British cargo vessels in the harbour. They dumped commodities from the cargo vessels straight into the sea. It was done publicly as a message to their colonisers that they couldn't be oppressed anymore.

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