4: "Boston Harbor A Tea-Pot This Night:" The Boston Tea Party
History That Doesn't Suck
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William's Waterlogged Hold, Cape Cod's Hooked Peninsula
The william runs aground near the northern tip of cape cod's hooked peninsula, unable to guide his ship away from the coast. Down in the hold are 300 new street lamps for boston as well as something of far more political interest, 58 large chests of east india company t. Both philadelphia and new york were refused the tea, forcing the vessels to sail back across the atlantic without even unloading this cargo. In charleston, the tea will be unloaded, but left in a damp customs house to spoil. The other four ships sailed for boston.
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