The Joy of the Boston Tea Party, 250 Years Later
A wooden ship called the Dartmouth sailed into Boston Harbor 250 years ago carrying 114 chests of East India Co. tea that brewed, in a way, the American Revolution. On Dec. 16, 1773, fewer than 20 days after the Dartmouth’s arrival from London, dozens of Bostonians climbed aboard and dumped the…
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