Name the colonial activist who led the Boston Tea Party?

Question

a) John Adams
b) John Q. Adams
c) Sam Adams
d) Ben Franklin

Answer 1

c) Samuel Adams.

Answer 2

Sam Adams

Answer 3

December 16th, 1773

The following brave men are historically said to have participated in the Boston Tea Party that cold December night in 1773.

http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/participants.asp

The Boston Tea Party

In 1773, Britain's East India Company was sitting on large stocks of tea that it could not sell in England. It was on the verge of bankruptcy. In an effort to save it, the government passed the Tea Act of 1773, which gave the company the right to export its merchandise directly to the colonies without paying any of the regular taxes that were imposed on the colonial merchants, who had traditionally served as the middlemen in such transactions. More…..

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm

http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/history.asp

Boston Tea Party

Eyewitness Account by a Participant

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm

The Boston Tea Party, 1773

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm

BOSTON April 1, 1774 - King George III and Parliament responded decisively this week to The Boston Tea Party by closing the city port.

Four British regiments were sent to Boston, along with new Governor General Thomas Gage, who will replace the much-maligned Thomas Hutchinson.

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html

The Boston Tea Party

When the British repealed the Townsend Act they removed all taxes and duties on goods, except for tea. This became the focal point of the colonists anger.

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/TeaParty.htm


Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 4

Of your options, everyone must choose the most strongly committed "separationist," and that would be Samuel Adams, but there is considerable evidence that Dr. Warren was the mysterious figure who harangued the mob and stirred them to action.

Answer 5

c. Samuel Adams

Answer 6

No one told me there was going to be a history test. I didn't even study. History was never my best class in high school. I'm worse in spelling, but thank God for spell check! With out it I would appear to be a Moron.

Answer 7

Sammy for sure, known as the sons of liberty