4: "Boston Harbor A Tea-Pot This Night:" The Boston Tea Party
History That Doesn't Suck
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The Mohawks and the War on the Wharf
The night of tea destruction, or the boston tea party, as it will later come to be called, is such a fascinating paradox. The mohawks arrive at griffin's wharf. Lanterns and torches light the work. By some accounts, they start with the dartmouth. By others, the destruction occurs on all three ships at once. Forty chests in total, are heved into the cold waters. Over the course s sume, three hours. Total weight of tea destroyed, 92 thousand 600 pounds,. otherwise noted as just over forty six tons. Total cost of india companies, nine thousand 659 british pownst all.
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