16 Dez 1773 Jahr - Boston Tea Party
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~ A brief period of peace and tranquility, among the Colonies and European powers.
~ Interrupted by an event by the name of the Boston Tea Party.
~ Sam Adams led a resistance group called the "Sons of Liberty", with the sole purpose of ceasing any tea that would come ashore, from Britain.
~ A group of colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians went aboard a ship and dumped 342 chests of tea into the nearby harbor.
~ According to participant George Hews, “We were surrounded by British armed ships, but no attempt was made to resist us.”
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