Essays About Boston Tea Party
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Description: The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.
Date: December 16, 1773
Resulted in: Intolerable Acts
Goals: To protest British Parliament’s tax on tea. “No taxation without representation.”
Location: Boston, Boston Harbor