dec 16, 1773 - Boston Tea Party
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The Boston Tea PartyGovernor THOMAS HUTCHINSON allowed three ships carrying tea to enter Boston Harbor. Before the tax could be collected, Bostonians took action. On a cold December night, radical townspeople stormed the ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water. Disguised as Native Americans, the offenders could not be identified.
The damage in modern American dollars exceeded three quarters of a million dollars. Not a single British East India Company chest of tea bound for the 13 colonies reached its destination. Not a single American colonist had a cup of that tea.
Only the fish in Boston Harbor had that pleasure.
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Date:
dec 16, 1773
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~ 251 years ago