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Boston Tea Party An American colonist in a blue coat reads a posted notice of a tax on tea with a concerned expression, while a British soldier with a rifle and bayonet stands guard nearby.
Historical illustration of the Boston Tea Party, showing colonists dumping tea chests from a ship into Boston Harbor while a crowd gathers on the shore in the background.
Artist's rendering of the Boston Tea Party shows colonists on a ship throwing crates of tea into Boston Harbor, with a crowd watching from the shore and colonial buildings in the background. Boston Tea Party broadside
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What Was the Boston Tea Party?
On December 16, 1773, American patriots dumped 342 chests of black tea off British...
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Who were the Sons of Liberty?
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Boston Tea Party
Illustration of the Boston Tea Party.
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An American colonist reading with concern the royal proclamation of a tax on tea...
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The Boston Tea Party (1773) in Boston Harbor, as depicted in a Currier & Ives lithograph.
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Boston Tea Party broadside
Broadside that encouraged the Boston Tea Party, 1773.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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