The Boston Tea Party was a protest against British policies.

Question 6 options:

True

False

The answer is true.

Explanation:

The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts and it was a political protest related to the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, in which British East India Company was allowed to market the tea that came from China in the different American colonies.

This Act established that the British East India Company did not have to pay taxes regarding the market of tea, except for the taxes that were imposed by the Townshend Acts. However, American patriots considered that the taxes that were established in the Townshend Act violated their rights. Thus, Native Americans destroyed some ships that belonged to the East India Company. They threw the chests of tea throughout the Boston Harbor.

Answer: True

Explanation: Because the people who were forced to take the tea across the ocean they pored it out in the ocean.