Question

The event of Boston Tea Party took place in the year of?

• A. 1773
• B. 1774
• C. 1767
• D. 1763

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 1773

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.