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During the Boston Tea Party, colonists disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians to conceal their identities and symbolize their resistance against British authority. This choice of disguise aimed to emphasize their connection to the land and assert their identity separate from British rule. The use of Native American attire, including war paint and feathers, allowed them to carry out the protest anonymously while making a bold statement against taxation without representation.
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Which colonial revolutionary led the colonists who disguised themselves as mowhawk Indians during the Boston tea party?
sons of liberty
Which colonial revolutionary led the colonists who disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians during the Boston Tea Party?
George Robert Twelves Hewes was one of them.
During what event did Boston troops fire on angry colonists?
The Boston Massacre
Why did the men disguise themselves as Indians?
The men disguised themselves as Indians during the Boston Tea Party to conceal their identities and avoid repercussions for their actions against British taxation. This act of rebellion was aimed at protesting the Tea Act, which granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. By adopting Indian attire, they also symbolically aligned themselves with anti-colonial sentiments and sought to deflect blame from themselves as American colonists.
Who ordered the colonists to allow the ships into Boston during the Boston Tea party?
English Parliament.
How did the colonists get access to british ships during the Boston tea party?
During the Boston Tea Party, the colonists obtained access to British ships by disguising themselves as Mohawk Indians, which helped them blend in and avoid detection. They boarded the ships docked in Boston Harbor under the cover of darkness on December 16, 1773. The colonists were motivated by their opposition to the Tea Act, which they viewed as an unfair tax, and they took control of the ships to dump an entire shipment of tea into the harbor as a form of protest.
During what incident did british troops fire on colonists for the first time killing five?
The Boston Massacre. In defense of the British, the Colonists were throwing sticks and stones at the soldiers and the British were just trying to defend themselves. It was not really murder, it was self defense.
Were the colonists disguised as Indians during the Boston tea party?
no because they quit
Which ship was not taken over by the colonists during Boston tea party?
William
How did the british colonists see themselves during during the European wars of the 1700s?
They were loyal British citizens
Where was Capt Preston standing during the Boston Massacre?
in between the angry crowd of colonists and his soldiers.
Were twenty colonists killed during the Boston massacre true or false?
false only 5 were
