History: At the Boston Tea Party (16 December 1773) 116 American…

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Did you know? At the Boston Tea Party (16 December 1773) 116 American colonists disguised as Native Americans threw 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor — protesting British taxes. That was 18 tonnes of tea — $1.7 million in today's value. The event triggered the American Revolutionary War.

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At the Boston Tea Party (16 December 1773) 116 American colonists disguised as Native Americans threw 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor — protesting British taxes. That was 18 tonnes of tea — $1.7 million in today's value. The event triggered the American Revolutionary War.

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