Boston Tea Party: Colonists Dump British Taxation
Sons of Liberty disguised as American Indians boarded ships and dumped East India Company tea chests into Boston Harbor, defying the Tea Act. This direct action forced Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts, which ended local self-government in Massachusetts and closed Boston's commerce, sparking the First Continental Congress and igniting the Radical War.
December 16, 1773
253 years ago
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