WASHINGTON — They heeded a pamphleteer's call for "manly opposition to the machinations of tyranny" — the 60 American colonists who stormed Griffin's Wharf and emptied 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. And with that, a revolution brewed.
Analysis: Is the tea party brewing a revolution?
Monday, April 5, 2010 | 3:56 p.m. CDT;
updated 4:38 p.m. CDT, Monday, April 5, 2010
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