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Question
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Which particular incident sparked off the American War of independence? What is the importance of this event?
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Solution
The American War of Independence was sparked off by an incident known as the Boston Tea Party. In 1773, a group of colonists, disguised as Native Americans, raided British ships in Boston harbor. British ships in Boston harbor and threw 340 crates of tea into the sea. This incident was a protest against the new taxes, including a tax on tea, imposed on the colonies. The importance of this act was that it was an act of open defiance of the colonists against British authority.
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