Question

2. 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 B. to support the claim that King George didn't
prime minister
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

Answer 1

c

Step-by-step explanation:

Die is cast refers to game. George thought like a chess match, his move was to commence on a larger program of total world domination (submission by colonies)