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2. Boston Tea Party - Wikipedia

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   The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts.

3. One holiday season party not to miss: the 250th anniversary ...

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   On Sept. 27, the very day the ships laden with tea set sail from England for Boston in 1773, the East India Company — which still exists — held a press conference in London marking the 250th ...

4. The Best American Placess for Traveling Back in Time - AOL

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   More expensive tickets allow a visit to the Plimoth Grist Mill, constructed in 1636, for everything you could ever want to know about corn grinding. ... Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum.

5. When tea was big trouble: Ship bound for Boston Tea Party ...

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   The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party was already on the boil, with all sorts of commemorative programs on Cape and a splashy reenactment slated for Dec. 16 at the Boston Tea Party Ships ...

6. Talbot Resolves - Wikipedia

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   Men dressed as Native Americans boarded a British East India Company ship in the harbor at night and destroyed its entire shipment of tea by throwing it into the water. [3] The December 16 incident became known as the Boston Tea Party, and it led to defiance in other colonies and similar protests. [3]

7. Beaver (ship) - Wikipedia

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   Beaver, one of the ships involved in the Boston Tea Party in 1773; Beaver (1793 ship) was launched on the Thames in 1793. She traded between London and Canada but in 1796 she became a whaler in the Southern whale fishery. The Spanish captured her in 1797. Beaver (1796 ship) was launched in 1796 at Liverpool. She made seven complete voyages as a ...

8. Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party with ...

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   Join the South Dennis Free Public Library for a Boston Tea Party party at 10 a.m. on Dec. 16. A scavenger hunt, games and crafts will commence and cookies and tea will be served to guests.

9. Peggy Stewart (ship) - Wikipedia

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   Peggy Stewart was a Maryland cargo vessel burned on October 19, 1774, in Annapolis as a punishment for contravening the boycott on tea imports which had been imposed in retaliation for the British occupation of Boston following the Boston Tea Party. This event became known as the "Annapolis Tea Party". [1]