BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - 16 December 1773 - Etching of citizens destroying tea by the Sons of Liberty in Boston Harbor in 1773 in protest at the 1

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - 16 December 1773 - Etching of citizens destroying tea by the Sons of Liberty in Boston Harbor in 1773 in protest at the 1773 Tea Act, which favoured tea exports by the East India Company over that of the American colonists. It later became known as the Boston Tea Party and was a key event in the American Revolution against the British Empire - Image: Geopix

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