14h 12min, dec 16, 1773 y - Boston Tea Party
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A political protest that occurred 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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14h 12min, dec 16, 1773 y
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~ 250 years ago