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Boston Tea Party

a protest (1773) against the British duty on tea imported by the American colonies: colonists boarded British ships in Boston harbor and dumped the tea overboard

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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