Boston Tea Party

When

16 Dec 1773

Kind

Protest

Coordinates

42.35° N, 71.05° W

Description

1773 American protest against British taxation

Cause

Tea Act 1773

1773 American protest against British taxation

The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest that took place on December 16, 1773, during the American Revolution. Initiated by the Sons of Liberty rebels in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, one of the Thirteen Colonies of British America, it escalated tensions between Great Britain and the Patriots, who opposed British policy towards its American colonies.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Boston Tea Party: A group of American colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, steal aboard ships of the East India Company and dump their cargo of tea into…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Boston Çay Partisi - Boston'da Samuel Adams (1722-1803) ve John Hancock (1737-1793) tarafından örgütlenmiş bir grup radikal Kızılderililer gibi giyinerek çay…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Весна — создание Корреспондентские комитеты в Виргинии и других колониях”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Boston (EE.UU) se produce el Motín del té”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “12月16日，為反抗英國壟斷茶葉貿易，波士頓居民將三艘英船的茶葉傾倒入海，史稱波士頓茶葉事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ボストン茶会事件：茶法に反発した急進派組織「自由の息子達」が東インド会社の船から茶箱を海へ投棄。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page