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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. The American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The American colonists dumped the imported goods because they were angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” -
Death of George Washington
The Death of George Washington was on the evening of December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon. George Washington passed away from a throat infection. He was buried four days later in the family vault at Mount Vernon. In his will, written several months before his death in December 1799, after the death of Martha Washington, George Washington left directions for the emancipation of all the slaves that he owned.