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Question
Point out the significance of “the Boston Tea Party”.
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Solution
- In many places the colonists obstructed the import of tea.
- In Charlestown, they unloaded the tea and let it rot the dock.
- In New York and Philadelphia ships carrying tea were blocked.
- In December 1773, a group of men disguised themselves as Native Americans boarded the cargo vessels and threw the tea overboard.
- This incident, done publicly before a large sympathetic crowd, was signified as Boston Tea Party.
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