December 16, 1773
The Boston Tea Party
On this day in 1773, a group of men dressed in Mohawk headdresses and cheered by a crowd of thousands threw tea belonging to the British East India Company into Boston Harbor. Britain's punitive response to the Boston Tea Party, which was a protest against taxes, helped push American colonists closer to war.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/December-16
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