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dec 16, 1774 - Boston Tea Party

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest against taxation. Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston Harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This led to the Coercive Acts and made the two sides closer to war.

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dec 16, 1774
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~ 251 years ago