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  2. Boston Port Act - Wikipedia

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    As the Port of Boston was a major source of supplies for the citizens of Massachusetts, sympathetic colonies as far away as South Carolina sent relief supplies to the settlers of Massachusetts Bay. So great was the response that the Boston leaders boasted that the town would become the chief grain port of America if the act was not repealed. [4]

  3. Siege of Boston - Wikipedia

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    The siege of Boston placed in sequence and strategic context. Battle of Gloucester, capture of British seamen attempting to enforce blockade in Gloucester Harbor; Battle of Machias, Boston-based ship captured in Machias Bay; Fort Washington, Massachusetts, surviving colonial position used during the siege

  4. Talbot Resolves - Wikipedia

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    The British Parliament had decided to blockade Boston Harbor as punishment for a protest against taxes on tea. The protest became known as the Boston Tea Party. The Talbot Resolves was a statement of support for the city of Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The author of the Talbot Resolves is unknown.

  5. First Continental Congress - Wikipedia

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    The meeting was organized by the delegates after the British Navy implemented a blockade of Boston Harbor and the Parliament of Great Britain passed the punitive Intolerable Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party. [1]

  6. Long Island (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    As the blockade persisted, Abigail Adams was quite outspoken about the delay by the Boston authorities in removing the British blockade from the outer harbor. During June, fierce artillery battles were waged between the British ships and American shore batteries that were entrenched on the harbor islands.

  7. Capture of USS Chesapeake - Wikipedia

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    The capture of USS Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon and the United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake, as part of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.

  8. A whale in Boston Harbor could slow down your MBTA ferry ...

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    A juvenile humpback whale in Boston Harbor could cause delays on the MBTA ferry through Thursday, the agency said. The setbacks are because of federal regulations that require boats to travel at ...

  9. List of blockades - Wikipedia

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    The list of blockades informs about blockades that were carried out either on land, or in the maritime and air spaces in the effort to defeat opponents through denial of supply, usually to cause military exhaustion and starvation as an economic blockade in addition to restricting movement of enemy troops.

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