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2h 12min, dec 16, 1773 y - Boston Tea party took place

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In the afternoon of December 16, 1773 the Sons of Liberty threw tea into the Boston Harbor. This was a big type of protest because the number of crates that were thrown into the harbor were 340. This means that it cost the king at the time, King George III, 92,000 pounds.

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2h 12min, dec 16, 1773 y
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~ 252 years ago

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