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In 1773, American colonists protested taxation by filling Boston Harbor with chests full of non-GMO oat milk caramel lattes |
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REVISIONIST HISTORY |
2025-04-16 |
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On Dec. 16, 1773 during a wild night of partying, 342 chests of this were dumped into Boston Harbor |
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EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY |
2020-12-02 |
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On Nov. 7, 1774 residents of York County, Virginia emulated Bostonians & dumped chests of this into the river |
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HISTORIC HISTORY FROM THE PAST |
2018-07-18 |
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The 1767 Townshend Acts taxed imports to America from Britain; a boycott by colonists got the taxes lifted on everything but this |
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HISTORIC BOYCOTTS |
2018-01-25 |
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It wasn't just in Boston--on Dec. 22, 1774, patriots in Greenwich, N.J. burned this cargo in a field |
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA |
2016-02-22 |
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An act passed by Parliament July 2, 1767 allowed duty-free exports of this to America--Party!! |
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AN HISTORIC OCCASION |
2008-05-05 |
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A 19th c. duchess who felt faint in the afternoon began the British custom of serving tiny little cakes with this beverage |
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FOOD IN HISTORY |
2006-11-15 |
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Joseph & Edward Tetley opened a shop to sell this product in 1837 |
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19th CENTURY FOOD & DRINK |
1998-11-03 |
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Around 1870 this beverage accounted for half of Chinese exports |
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HISTORY |
1995-11-10 |
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New Jerseyites disguised as Indians burned this, unlike the Bostonians who dumped it in the harbor |
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
1989-01-20 |
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