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Boston Tea Party

1773 CE · United States, North America · War

Boston Tea Party
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The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest on December 16, 1773, during the American Revolution. Initiated by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, one of the Thirteen Colonies of British America, it escalated tensions between Great Britain and the Patriots, who opposed British policy towards its American colonies.

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