Select the correct answer.



What event constituted the Boston Tea Party?








A.

Colonists, protesting the Tea Act, burned a British ship along with its cargo of tea.

B.

British ships carrying tea were forced to return to England without offloading their cargo at Boston.

C.

Colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded a docked British ship carrying tea and dumped the tea into the sea.

D.

British soldiers opened fire on colonists protesting the Townshend Duties in Boston, killing five and wounding eight.