2010 · Q99
Which one of the following statements related to the Boston Tea Party of 16th December, 1773 during the American War of Independence is correct?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AThe revolutionaries stealthily entered into the ships and threw all the chests of tea into the water
- BThe revolutionaries hosted a Tea Party in the honour of Charles Townshend, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer in order to place their grievances before him
- CIt marked a celebration when Lord North, the successor of Townshend, repealed some of the duties imposed by Townshend
- DIt was a protest against the Quebec Act
Explanation
In the Boston Tea Party (1773), revolutionaries boarded ships and threw tea into the harbour.