The Boston Tea Party of December 1773 triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea. took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea and shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts. took place in response to Boston's turning away of several British merchant ships from the harbor. shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts. frightened both sides in the conflict and triggered a year of relative peace

Option: triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.

Explanation:

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest against the taxes on the colonist by the British. After winning the French and Indian War, the British wanted to pay the debt by imposing acts and taxes on the colonist. The colonist grew enraged by the taxes, along with the massacre in Boston led them to act against the British. The colonist boarded the docked ship and dumped 342 chests of tea in water, which was imported by the British East India company.