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Year

1773

Text

Colonial patriots boarded three British ships in the harbor and dumped some 350 chests of Chinese tea into Boston Harbor. Their action was a protestation of taxation without representation and the monopoly granted the East India Company.

Subjects

History : China - United States of America

Documents (1)

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1 2011 Wang, Dave. Chinese civilization and the United States : tea, ginseng, porcelain ware and silk in colonial America. In : Virginia review of Asian studies (2011).
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