The Boston Tea Party, protestors dumped tea from ships into the harbor as they protesting the Tea Act.
- The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the colonists against the British tax on tea in colonies.
- The Tea Act was passed in 1773 by British Parliament.
- The Tea Act authorised the British East India Company to trade tea in British colonies in America.
- Other European like Dutch were banned to sell their products n America as the British wanted to gain wealth from tea.
- Tea was one of the profitable commodities as it was consumed by all colonists as a hot beverage.
- In reaction to the Tea Tax, the colonist boarded the docked ship and dumped 342 chests of tea into harbor.
Therefore we can conclude that the Boston Tea Party were protesting the Tea Act.
Thus option A. is the correct answer.
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