Which of the following statements about the Boston Tea Party is accurate?
A) Native Americans led the charge against the British because they were most affected by taxes imposed on the colonies.
B) British governors held a luxurious gathering to flaunt that they had greater access to tea than the Americans and to tempt them to rebel.
C) Americans destroyed a large amount of valuable tea that belonged to the British to protest taxation without consent.
D) The episode was such a spectacle that it successfully forced the British to repeal the tea tax and ensured peace for another five years.
E) American revolutionaries failed to find enough supporters and participants in New England for the British to openly react to the gathering.

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the taxes imposed on the colonies by the British Parliament. On December 16, 1773, a group of American colonists, dressed as Native Americans, destroyed a shipment of valuable tea belonging to the British East India Company by throwing it into Boston Harbor. This was a symbolic act of rebellion against British rule and taxation without consent. It did not lead to an immediate repeal of the tea tax, but it did help to build momentum for the American Revolution.

Which of the Following Statements About the Boston Tea Party