December 16, 1773

[kom526]

Boston Tea Party ‑ Definition, Dates & Facts | HISTORY

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest staged on December 16, 1773 at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor. The event was the first major act of...

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No one was hurt, and aside from the destruction of the tea and a padlock, no property was damaged or looted during the Boston Tea Party. The participants reportedly swept the ships’ decks clean before they left.

 

[Sneakers]

Insurrection, I tell ya.....

 

[spr1975wshs]

Later that century, my hometown was one of the main rally points for Shays' Militia.

 

[kom526]

The swept the decks afterwards. Does that count as mostly peaceful?