Explanation: "Tea parties" were held by American colonists in 1776 to protest the introduction of the British tax on tea. The purpose of the "tea parties" was to protest the tax on tea which caused taxation without representation which meant a lack of agreement between the government and the governed or people and this was a major issue for the colonists because they were being led or ruled or represented by a government in which they had no voice.
"As a result of some former Confederate states' refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment," Possible answer = Congress established military rule in the South.
