Boston Tea Party: Meaning and Definition of

Bos'ton Tea' Par"ty

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— Amer. Hist. Amer. Hist.
  1. a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor (December 16, 1773) in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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