the Boston Tea Party
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- an incident in American history. It occurred on 16 December 1773, two years before the American Revolution. In order to protest about the British tax on tea, a group of Americans dressed as Indians went onto three British ships in Boston harbour and threw 342 large boxes of tea into the sea.
波士顿茶党：美国历史上的事件。它发生在1773年12月16日，即美国独立战争的前两年。为了抗议英国对茶征收的税，一群穿着印第安人装扮成美国人的人在波士顿港驶上三艘英国船只，并将342大箱茶扔入海中。