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The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773 when colonists protested a tea tax by dressing up, sneaking onto ships, and dumping 342 chests of tea into the harbor. This made Britain and the colonies fight more leading to the revolution. -
George Washington died in 1799 after getting sick from being out in cold weather. His throat swelled so he couldn’t breathe well and the treatment back then didn’t help. He died at his home in Virginia at 67.