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Boston Tea Party (1773)
16 Dec 1773 — Colonists threw three shiploads of taxed tea into Boston harbor. Parliament responded with the Coercive Acts; the colonies in turn answered by gathering a Congress.
When 16 Dec 1773 Type Turning point Chapter Causes of the American Revolution (chapter 1 of Age of Revolutions)Atlas The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848 TURNING POINT · THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS, 1775–1848 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography
Source details Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, reprojected and corrected by Maps of History as described per layer.. CC BY4.0 Made with Natural Earth; present coastlines support physical clipping, not historical political boundaries.. Public domain Annual source outlines can combine imperial claims with areas of control. The labels identify the historical role selected, while dates finer than the source interval are made explicit in these details.
The 1774 record is the closest available footprint of British colonies before the war. The publisher’s 1775 record removes the mainland colonies too early, leaving them unassigned until 1776; the 1774 record keeps them in place at the opening of the revolution. Imperial claims did not necessarily mean settled occupation or Indigenous consent.
Displayed map state a 75 at 1775.3; chapter framing 1775.3. Where finer geometry is unavailable, monthly states use annual source references.
proxy: 1772–1774 footprint for April 1775 · reconstruction: 1775.3 · vector: 1709–1808 · vector: 1718–1780 · vector: 1763–1779 · vector: 1775–1775 · vector: 1775–1777
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