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Boston Tea Party

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.

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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.

What Was the Boston Tea Party?

On December 16, 1773, American patriots dumped 342 chests of black tea off British...

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Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party, Boston Harbor, December 16, 1773.

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