American Revolutionary War History
1773 - A group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three British ships and dumped their 342 chests of tea into the harbor in protest of the Tea Act of 1773 enacted by the British parliament. The event became knowns as the "Boston Tea Party."
1777 - Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
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