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title: The Boston Tea Party
author: W. D. Cooper
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18142/the-boston-tea-party/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2023-11-13
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# The Boston Tea Party
_Authored by W. D. Cooper_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18142.jpg)
## Image Caption
American colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor in the [Boston Tea Party](https://www.worldhistory.org/Boston_Tea_Party/), 16 December 1773, illustration from *The History of North America* by W. D. Cooper. London: E. Newberry, 1789.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Cooper, W. D. (2023, November 13). The Boston Tea Party. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Cooper, W. D.. "The Boston Tea Party." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 13, 2023. .
### MLA
Cooper, W. D.. "The Boston Tea Party." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Nov 2023, .
## License & Copyright
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