Beaver

E1764

Beaver was one of the British ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest in 1773.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British merchant ship
ship
associatedWith Patriot protest in Boston
Sons of Liberty
cargoOwner British East India Company
cargoStatusDuringBostonTeaParty destroyed
cargoType East India Company tea
causeOfEventOnboard protest against taxation without representation
country Great Britain
eventDate 16 December 1773
1773-12-16
eventRole tea transport vessel
flag British flag
hasCargo tea
historicalSignificance site of tea destruction during Boston Tea Party
involvedInConflict American colonial resistance to Tea Act
locatedInTimePeriod 18th century
locationDuringBostonTeaParty Boston Harbor
surface form: Boston Harbor, Province of Massachusetts Bay
locationOfEvent Boston Harbor
operatedBy British East India Company
participatedIn Boston Tea Party
partOf British Atlantic trade
partOfSeriesOfEvents escalation leading to American Revolutionary War
portOfCall Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
relatedTo American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

Tea Act
surface form: Tea Act 1773
sharesEventWith Dartmouth
Eleanor

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