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dec 16, 1773 - The Boston Tea Party

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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor.

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dec 16, 1773
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~ 252 years ago

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