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Dec 16, 1773 CE: Boston Tea Party
Dec 16, 1773 CE: Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, a group of American colonists calling themselves the “Sons of Liberty” boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and poured all their cargo—342 chests of tea—into the water, an event now referred to as the Boston Tea Party.
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