“This Destruction of the Tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid and inflexible, and it must have so important Consequences, and so lasting, that I can’t but consider it as an Epoch in History.” –John Adams
What can most accurately be said to be the most immediate “…important Consequences…” referred to in the quote above?
Group of answer choices
The enactment of the Intolerable Acts by the British crown
The enactment of the Townshend Acts
The elevation of John Adams to the Presidency of the United States
The Boston Massacre *
"I can assure those Gentlemen that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fire side than to occupy a cold bleak hill and sleep under frost and Snow without Cloaths or Blankets; however, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked, and distressed Soldier, I feel superabundantly for them, and from my Soul pity those miseries, [which], it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent." –George Washington
General Washington most likely wrote the lines above referring to the situation his army faced at ________________
Group of answer choices
Valley Forge *
Saratoga
Trenton
New York
“These are the times that try men's souls; the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” –Thomas Paine
The words above might have been written while ___________________
Group of answer choices
the British were realizing that the Americans would not be easily defeated
the Continental Congress was debating reconciliation with King George III
the French were sending allied forces to the New World *
the Continental Army was losing battles against the professional British forces
“We got all over the bay and landed on the opposite shore betwixt twelve and one o’clock and was on our march by one, which was at first through some swamps and slips of the Sea till we got into the Road leading to Lexington soon after which the Country people begun to fire their alarm guns, light their Beacons, to raise the Country.”
The events referred to above were the most direct result of____________
Group of answer choices
King George III’s decision to allow the enactment of the Townshend Acts
Benjamin Franklin’s decision to support the crown’s decision to tax tea *
Samuel Adam’s decision to publicize the events of the Boston Massacre
General Thomas Gage’s decision to seize the gunpowder and firearms of Massachusetts colonists
1. No
https://www.ducksters.com/history/boston_tea_party.php
2. Yes
My new answer for 1 is (The enactment of the Townshend Acts) Is it correct?
Yes, you are right.
I don't know the last two.
What does your reading assignment say?
The quote by John Adams mentions "important Consequences" that resulted from the Destruction of the Tea. To determine the most accurate answer choice, let's go through each option:
1. The enactment of the Intolerable Acts by the British crown - While the Destruction of the Tea did contribute to increased tensions between Britain and the American colonies, leading eventually to the Intolerable Acts, it is not the most immediate consequence referred to in the quote.
2. The enactment of the Townshend Acts - The Townshend Acts were already in effect before the Destruction of the Tea, so they are not the most immediate consequence mentioned.
3. The elevation of John Adams to the Presidency of the United States - This answer choice is unrelated to the quote and the events of the Destruction of the Tea.
4. The Boston Massacre - The Boston Massacre occurred before the Destruction of the Tea and is not the most immediate consequence mentioned.
Therefore, the answer is none of the given options. Based on the quote, the most immediate important consequence referred to is not mentioned among the answer choices provided.