Wealthy Landowners
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A is the correct answer, as noted.
Samuel Adams was the leader of the Boston based Sons of Liberty and worked to lead protests against British taxation of the colonies after the 7-Years War.
One of those protests was the Boston Tea Party.
However, more than 70% of all immigrants reached New York City, which became known as the "Golden Door." Most immigrants arriving in New York came to the Castle Garden depot near the tip of Manhattan in the late 1800s.