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1773:
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Activist Journalism:
On Dec. 16, 1773, patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians protested the tax on British tea by boarding merchant ships and dumping chests into Boston Harbor. The "Boston Tea Party" had, in fact, been planned by Samuel Adams and the proprietors of the Boston Gazette. The editors of the Boston Evening Post contributed by publishing stories that called British tea "a slow poison" that caused "spasms." |