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Question
Answer the following question in one or two words/ sentences:
Which particular incident sparked off the American War of independence? What is the importance of this event?
Solution
The American War of Independence was sparked off by an incident known as the Boston Tea Party. In 1773, a group of colonists, disguised as Red Indians, raided. British ships in Boston harbour and threw 340 crates of tea into the sea. This incident was a protest against the new taxes including a tax on tea, imposed on the colonies. The importance of this act was that it was an act of open defiance of the colonists against British authority.
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