Boston Tea Party

1773 American protest against British taxation
Event protest Q19024
Boston Tea Party
Nathaniel Currier · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Boston Tea Party

Summary

Boston Tea Party is a protest[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of protest entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,557 views/month, #3 of 475).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boston Tea Party is located in Boston[3].
  • Boston Tea Party is in the country of United States[4].
  • Boston Tea Party's instance of is recorded as protest[5].
  • Boston Tea Party's instance of is recorded as incident[6].
  • Boston Tea Party's Commons category is recorded as Boston Tea Party[7].
  • Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773[8].
  • Boston Tea Party's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.3536, 'lon': -71.0524}[9].
  • Boston Tea Party's has cause is recorded as Tea Act 1773[10].
  • Boston Tea Party's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boston Tea Party[11].
  • Boston Tea Party's Commons gallery is recorded as Boston Tea Party[12].
  • Boston Tea Party's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • Boston Tea Party's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[14].
  • Boston Tea Party's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15].
  • Boston Tea Party's has effect is recorded as American Revolution[16].

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When and Where

Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16, 1773[8]. It is in the country of United States[4].

Context

Recorded instance of include protest[5] and incident[6].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for Boston Tea Party include Tea Party movement[17], a political movement[18], in United States[19].

Why It Matters

Boston Tea Party ranks in the top 0.63% of protest entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,557 views/month, #3 of 475).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for it include Tea Party movement[17], a political movement[18], in United States[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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