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Today in History: December 16, the Boston Tea Party

Also on this day, 134 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over New York City

A black and white sketch of the Boston Tea Party
16th December 1773: Rioters dressed as American Indians throwing boxes of tea into Boston Harbour, whist being urged on by a mob of Bostonians. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.

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