dec 16, 1773 - Boston Tea Party
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A group of colonists dressed as Natives raided three British tea ships. They dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act. The damage was valued at $18,000. This caused the parliament to pass the Coercive Acts.
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