A student is writing a report about the Boston Tea Party. Read both sources and the directions that follow. (q41)
Extract from the logbook of the Dartmouth:
"Thursday, December 16. Between six and seven o'clock this evening, came down to the wharf...about one thousand people, among them were a number dressed like Indians. They came on board the ship, and after warning myself and the custom–house officers to get out of the way, they undid the hatches and went down the hold, where there was eighty whole, and thirty–four half chests, of tea, which they hoisted upon deck, and cut the chests to pieces, and hove the tea all overboard, where it was damaged and lost."
In response to unfair taxes on imported products, a group of American colonists destroyed the tea cargo of three ships docked in Boston Harbor. As punishment for this act of rebellion, the British government passed a series of laws known as the Intolerable Acts, which restricted the colonies' freedom even more. Despite the fact that the Boston Tea Party involved no deaths—in fact, no violence at all—it will always be remembered as one of the most important events of the American Revolution time period.
The student took notes about information in the sources. Which note correctly paraphrases, or restates, information from BOTH sources?
A
Many people witnessed American colonists, disguised in Indian clothing, board the ship Dartmouth and throw its entire cargo of tea into Boston Harbor.
B
The Boston Tea Party was a successful example of non–violent rebellion—the American colonists destroyed tea, which cost money, but they did not need to hurt anyone.
C
The Boston Tea Party was an event that helped the American colonists in their fight against British rule—even though the British punished the American colonies for it by passing harsher, stricter laws.
D
A huge group of colonists watched as several men dressed as Indians threw imported tea into Boston Harbor—their goal was to rebel against the British government, and they achieved this without using violence.
