Samuel Adams and the radical Sons of Liberty were desperately looking for another Boston Massacre-type event to catalyze American resistance. The Tea Act provided just such an opportunity.
When three tea-laden cargo ships landed in Boston Harbor, Sam Adams led a group of 150 colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians to the docks. The men boarded the ships, smashed the crates and dumped tea into the water. By the end of the night, the Boston Tea Party had destroyed $70,000 worth of British tea. It was a powerful message to the British. King George of England took it to be an act of defiance. "The die is now cast," he told his prime minister. "The colonies must either submit or triumph."
What is the purpose of the underlined sentences in the passage?
A
to explain the king's relationship to his prime minister
B
to support the claim that King George didn’t care about the Boston Tea Party or the colonists in America
C
to hint that the Boston Tea Party was going to set off a larger conflict between the colonies and England
D
to provide a detail about the type of board games King George liked to play
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