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boston tea party
Title: boston tea party
Category: History
Details: Words: 665 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
boston tea party
The tea destroyed was contained in three ships, lying near each other at
Griffin's wharf, and were surrounded by armed ships of war, the
commanders of which had publicly declared that if the rebels, as they were
pleased to style the Bostonians, should not withdraw their opposition to the
landing of the tea before December 17, 1773, they should on that day force
it on shore, under the cover of their cannon's mouth.
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…showed last 75 words of 665 total…tea, it was
discovered that very considerable quantities of it were floating upon the
surface of the water; and to prevent the possibility of any of its being saved
for use, a number of small boats were manned by sailors and citizens, who
rowed them into those parts of the harbor wherever the tea was visible, and
by beating it with oars and paddles so thoroughly drenched it as to render its
entire destruction inevitable.
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