Boston Tea Party
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1. N a raid in 1773 made by citizens of Boston (disguised as Indians) on three British ships in the harbour as a protest against taxes on tea and the monopoly given to the East India Company. The contents of several hundred chests of tea were dumped into the harbour 波士頓傾茶事件; 1773年,爲了觝制茶稅和反抗東印度公司對茶葉交易的壟斷,扮作印第安人的波士頓居民在港口對三艘英國船衹進行了突然襲擊,將數百箱茶葉傾倒在海內[美國英語] [history]
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