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title: "Why did the colonists choose to throw British tea in Boston Harbor?"  
description: "Why did the colonists choose to throw British tea in Boston Harbor?"  
author: "Rivera fuller"  
published: 2018-05-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42503/why-did-the-colonists-choose-to-throw-british-tea-in-boston-harbor  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the colonists choose to throw British tea in Boston Harbor? 

Why did the colonists [choose](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157014/why-choose-a-grow-box-over-a-grow-tent) to throw British tea in Boston [Harbor](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51451/how-did-the-bristish-army-block-the-boston-harbor-affected-the-new-england-colonies)? \
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