Which event involved colonists dressing as Native Americans and throwing tea into the harbor to protest a tax?

• A. Intolerable Acts
• B. Boston Tea Party
• C. Stamp Act Protests
• D. Boston Massacre

Answer: (B)

Direct action against taxation with a strong symbol of defiance. In this event, colonists dressed as Mohawk Native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act and taxes on tea. The disguise was a deliberate message of unity and resistance, showing they wouldn’t quietly accept taxes imposed from afar. This act is the clearest example of protesting taxation through a visible, collective gesture, and it helped push tensions toward broader resistance and eventually independence. The other events involve different responses: the Intolerable Acts were the punitive laws imposed after the Tea Party, the Stamp Act Protests targeted a separate tax on paper, and the Boston Massacre was a violent clash earlier in Boston.