Question

Which of the following statements related to the Boston Tea Party are true?

1. In 1773  a new Tea Act was passed which proved to be the immediate trigger for the outbreak of the revolution.
2. It was a symbol to show that British Parliament have the right to tax the colonies
3. It was strongly opposed by the Americans and in December 1773 the incident of the Boston Tea Party took place

• A. All of these
• B. ii, iii
• C. None of these
• D. iii only

Answer 1

Answer:

A. All of these

The Boston Tea Party 

• The Boston Tea Party was a pivotal event that took place on the night of December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts, during the early stages of the American Revolution.
• The British government passed the NewTea Act in 1773, granting the financially troubled British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
• The act also allowed the company to sell tea in America more cheaply than other tea importers.
• The colonists saw this as an attempt by the British Parliament to assert its right to tax the colonies without their consent.
• In protest against the Tea Act and the perceived infringement on their rights, a group of colonists, disguised as Native Americans, boarded three British ships docked in Boston Harbor: the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver.
• They proceeded to dump 342 chests of tea into the water.
• The British government responded to the Boston Tea Party with the passage of the punitive Intolerable Acts in 1774, which were intended to suppress dissent and restore order in the colonies.
• These measures further fueled colonial resentment and hastened the march toward the American Revolutionary War.