Question

which of the following best describes the events of boston tea party in 1773?

• indigenous people boarded ships in boston harbor and dumped a shipment of tea into the water.
• colonists in disguise boarded ships in boston harbor and dumped a shipment of tea in the water.
• the british dumped tea in boston harbor after colonists boycotted a shipment of tea and refused to buy it.
• colonists met in boston’s old south meeting house to discuss how to smuggle tea into the colonies.

Explanation:

The Boston Tea Party (1773) was a protest by American colonists against British tea taxes. Colonists disguised as Mohawk Indigenous people boarded British tea ships in Boston Harbor and dumped the tea cargo into the water to protest the Tea Act. The other options are incorrect: Indigenous people did not lead the action, the British did not dump the tea, and the meeting at Old South Meeting House was to plan the protest, not discuss smuggling.

Answer:

Colonists in disguise boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped a shipment of tea in the water.