In 1773, the colonial Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of British goods into Boston Harbor. The colonists took this action because of the

Question

A.
Tea Act.
B.
Stamp Act.
C.
Quebec Act.
D.
Sugar Act.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. Tea Act. The Boston Tea Party, in which the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor, was a protest against the Tea Act of 1773, which granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies and imposed a tax on tea.