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Duck Dynasty flap may be a Boston Tea Party milestone

By Douglas MacKinnon
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Duck Dynasty flap may be a Boston Tea Party milestone

A group of Massachusetts patriots outraged by the monopoly on American tea importation displayed their anger on Dec. 16, 1773, by seizing 342 chests of tea from three ships and throwing them into Boston Harbor.

For these Colonial activists, this symbolic gesture helped to ignite a revolution.

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