What was the Boston Tea Party?
A)A mob of colonists in Massachusetts who boarded ships emptied chests of tea into the harbor to complain about a tea tax.
B)A gathering of political elite to discuss concepts of liberty and equality while under the rule of Great Britain.
C)The celebration of the Boston football team's victory over their arch-rival New York.
D)The first meeting of the Continental Congress.
E)The political convention that nominated George Washington to be the first President of the United States.

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The Boston Tea Party was one of the events leading up to the American Revolutionary War (or War for Independence). After Great Britain issued the Tea Tax in 1773, a group of political protesters who called themselves the "Sons of Liberty" boarded three ships and emptied 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. This infuriated British King George III and escalated tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies.

What Was the Boston Tea Party