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AAs British sailors
BAs harbor customs men
CAs dock workers
DAs Mohawk Indians
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. As Mohawk Indians
1. Boston agents of the East India Company refused to resign, so the cargoes were to be landed anyway.
2. The patriots answered with force on the night of 16 December 1773.
3. A band of men disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three British ships lying at anchor.
4. They dumped the whole tea cargo into Boston harbor.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section PATRIOTS AGITATE: THE BOSTON “TEA PARTY”_
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