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What are your thoughts on the Boston Tea Party?
by solomonb 6y ago
What are your thoughts on the Boston Tea Party?
- MiroF 6y agoUnacceptable destruction of property, the British were clearly in the right here /s
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- rednerrus 6y agoFunctioning democracy is the key to what OP was saying.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y agoThe Boston Tea Party was very targeted. They destroyed the tea that they had an objection to. They did not destroy the ships. They did not burn down the customs houses or otherwise damage Boston Harbor. It also only lasted three hours. It was not a riot, but rather a well-organized and well-executed precise political statement. That was one of the reasons that it was so effective politically.