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What was the reason for the activity shown in this illustration

What was the reason for the activity shown in this illustration-example-1
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The illustration shows a famous event known as The Boston Tea Party. In the Boston Tea Party, colonists dressed up as Native Americans, so that they could not have their identity revealed and be arrested, and they threw tons of tea overboard incoming ships. The Boston Tea Party was the reaction to King George III, and his high taxes, specifically the tea act, which put a tax on all imported tea.

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