boston tea party
- n demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
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- What Our Founding Fathers Got Wrong
Our Founding Fathers struggled to protect property rights, human rights and interstate commerce. They defended freedom admirably. It's hard to believe they would both protest a tariff-created monopoly at the Boston Tea Party and then create one at the first congress.
June 16, 2013 - Forbes