Read the explanatory thesis statement. THESIS STATEMENT: The Boston Tea Party was a significant step toward the American Revolution. Which statement of evidence best supports this thesis statement? Select one: The Tea Party was a response to British taxation, which was what later sparked people to rebel. Nobody died at the Boston Tea Party, and the property damage was actually small. The Sons of Liberty organized the Tea Party, and that group had five thousand members. Benjamin Franklin offered to pay the British for the tea that was destroyed, and the British refused.