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Boston Tea Party   /bˈɑstən ti pˈɑrti/   Listen
Boston Tea Party

noun
1.
Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea.





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... which is known by the name of the Boston Tea Party. The Americans, for some time past, had left off importing tea, on account of the oppressive tax. The East India Company, in London, had a large stock of tea on hand, which they had expected to sell to the Americans, but could find no market ...
— True Stories from History and Biography • Nathaniel Hawthorne


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