What event constituted the boston tea party? colonists, protesting the tea act, burned a british ship along with its cargo of tea. british ships carrying tea were forced to return to england without offloading their cargo at boston. colonists, dressed as mohawk indians, boarded a docked british ship carrying tea and dumped the tea into the sea. british soldiers opened fire on colonists protesting the townshend duties in boston, killing five and wounding eight.

false, the two are unrelated

on 6 november american voters will elect members of the house of representatives and the senate, which together are called congress.

both houses of congress are currently controlled by the republican party, which backs president donald trump.

the democrats think they can win control of the house of representatives this year by winning a majority of seats.

doing so would let them block or delay the president’s plans by refusing to enact them.

all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election.

if the democrats want to take control of the house by having the most seats, they’re going to have to claim at least 23 from the republicans.

graphic: the battle for the house of representatives

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.