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Boston Tea Party

1773 American protest against British taxation

  • Boston Tea-party
  • Destruction of the Tea

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42°21'12.96"N, 71°3'8.64"W
16 December 1773Gregorian
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The Boston Tea Party was a significant event in the growth of the American Revolution. (English)
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1 March 2024
The Boston Tea Party was a significant event that helped accelerate and intensify colonial support for the American Revolution. Parliament responded in 1774 with the Intolerable Acts, or Coercive Acts, which, among other provisions, ended local self-government in Massachusetts and closed Boston's commerce. Colonists throughout the Thirteen Colonies responded to the Intolerable Acts with additional acts of protest [...]. (English)
Boston Tea Party
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