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Boston Tea Party: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date December 16, 1773
Location Boston • Massachusetts • United States

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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.
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
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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Thomas Hutchinson
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