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may 1, 1773 - Boston Tea Party

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Incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians

It was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists

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may 1, 1773
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~ 253 years ago