American patriots protesting British parliamentary rule sparked a revolutionary movement on December 16, 1773, by dumping £9,000 worth of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor.
The audacious destruction of private property proved that American radicals would defy imperial power through extreme civil disobedience.
What became known as the Boston Tea Party precipitated the American Revolution. #shorts
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