
The Boston Tea Party, a pivotal act of defiance, occurred on December 16, 1773, in response to the Tea Act, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea in the colonies without paying taxes, effectively creating a monopoly and sparking outrage over “taxation without representation”. The Boston Tea Party, a pivotal event in the lead-up to the American Revolution, occurred on December 16, 1773, when colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of East India Company tea into Boston Harbor in protest of taxation without representation. About 1.3 million dollars worth of tea was thrown into the ocean.
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