Question

Which one of the following statements related to the Boston tea party of 16th December 1773 during the American war of independence is correct?
A) The revolutionaries stealthily entered into the ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water.
B) The revolutionaries hosted a tea party in honour of Charles Townshend, the British chancellor of the Exchequer in order to place their grievances before him.
C) It marked a celebration when Lord North, the successor of Townshend, repealed some of the duties imposed by Townshend.
D) It was the protest against the Quebec Act

Answer 1

Hint: On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty staged a political and commercial protest in Boston, Massachusetts, which was known as the Boston Tea Party. The Tea Act of May 10, 1773, was targeted because it allowed the British East India Company to trade tea from China in American colonies without paying any additional taxes than those levied by the Townshend Acts.

Complete answer:
The Tea Party was the culmination of a British American resistance movement against the Tea Act, which was imposed by the British Parliament in 1773. The Tea Act was opposed by colonists because they claimed it infringed on their rights as Englishmen to "no taxation without representation," meaning that they should only be taxed by their own elected representatives and not by a British parliament in which they were not represented.

The protesters stormed the ships and tossed the tea chests into Boston Harbor. The British government retaliated vehemently, precipitating the American Revolution. The Boston Tea Party became an iconic event in American history, and subsequent political rallies, such as the Tea Party movement, have claimed to be historical successors to the 1773 Boston protest.

The taxes under the Townshend Act were vigorously opposed by the Sons of Liberty, who saw them as a violation of their liberties. An entire shipment of tea brought by the East India Company was burned by protesters, some of whom were dressed as American Indians.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘A’ i.e, The revolutionaries stealthily entered into the ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water.

Note: The Boston Tea Party was a pivotal moment in the American Revolution's development. In 1774, Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, often known as the Coercive Acts, which, among other things, terminated municipal self-government in Massachusetts and shut down Boston's commerce.