[parisa]

@wiki -- Whether or not Samuel Adams helped plan the Boston Tea Party is unknown, but he immediately worked to publicize and defend it.[61] He argued that the Tea Party was not the act of a lawless mob, but was instead a principled protest and the only remaining option the people had to defend their constitutional rights.

[JimRed]

...but was instead a principled protest and the only remaining option the people had to defend their constitutional rights.

Who writes this Wiki stuff? There was no Constitution yet.