boston tea party in English

noun
1
a violent demonstration in 1773 by American colonists before the American Revolution. Colonists boarded vessels in Boston harbor and threw the cargoes of tea into the water in protest at the imposition of a tax on tea by the British Parliament, in which the colonists had no representation.

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1. This teabagger victory Besmirches the venerable Boston Tea Party.

2. It was Anxi tea that was thrown overboard by colonists protesting British taxes at the Boston Tea Party

3. March 31 – Intolerable Acts: The British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston, Massachusetts as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.

4. The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party

5. The revolt, known as the "Boston Fee Party" (alluding to the Boston Tea Party), spread to over 250 restaurants across the United States, including restaurants in other cities such as New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

6. Coerciveness {n} a coercive state, forcibleness The Coercive Acts three acts imposed on the American Colonies in 1774 by the British as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party (also known as The Intolerable Acts) coercively in a forceful manner, in a compelling manner Coerciveness {i} forcefulness, compulsion, intimidation Coerciveness