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They were upset with the British for taxation without representation in America. The King was in England trying to tell them what to do, and they didn't like that. So as an act of rebellion, they dumped the tea.

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How long did the colonists take to dump the tea off the Dartmouth the Beaver and the Eleanor?

It took 2-3 hours to dump the 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.


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