Tea taxes were a major issue for the colony. Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians, stole onto trade ships in Boston Harbor and began throwing tea into the water. The colonists were upset by the passage of the Tea Act, which was passed in British Parliament.
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Members of the Sons of Liberty began dumping tea shipments into the water in protest of tea taxes on the Colony a quarter millennium ago today in Boston Harbor while posing as Mohawk Indians. The Tea Act’s passage in the English parliament, which the colonists believed, was one of the specifics.
The earliest version of the article Good News in History, December 16, was published on Good Network.
