Eleanor

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Eleanor was one of the merchant ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest against British taxation in 1773.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf merchant ship
ship involved in the Boston Tea Party
associatedWith American colonial protest movements
British taxation policy
Sons of Liberty
Tea Act of 1773
cargo tea
country Great Britain
event destruction of tea cargo by colonists disguised as Native Americans
eventDate 16 December 1773
1773
hasCause protest against British taxation
protest against the Tea Act
hasRole tea transport vessel to Boston
historicalPeriod American Revolution era
American colonial era
locatedIn Boston Harbor
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Thirteen Colonies
locationOfEvent Boston Harbor
notableFor having its tea cargo destroyed by American colonists
involvement in a key event leading up to the American Revolution
operatedIn 18th century
ownedBy British merchant interests
participatedIn Boston Tea Party
partOf American colonial resistance to British taxation
British Atlantic trade network
ships in Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party
subjectOf destruction of tea cargo during the Boston Tea Party

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Beaver
sharesEventWith
Boston Tea Party
shipInvolved

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