Boston Tea Party

proper noun

A political protest that took place in Boston Harbour in 1773, in which demonstrators, in defiance of the Tea Act, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA political protest that took place in Boston Harbour in 1773, in which demonstrators, in defiance of the Tea Act, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company

Translations

Hungarian bostoni teadélután
  • bostoni teadélutánpolitical protest
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APA

Boston Tea Party. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boston%20Tea%20Party

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Boston Tea Party,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boston%20Tea%20Party.

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