Before the Boston Tea Party, there were New Hampshire's Pine Tree Riots

In 1772, colonists in New Hampshire seized and burned the British ship Gaspée in protest of British tax enforcement. The incident, known as the Pine Tree Riot, occurred about three years before the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Gov. Kelly Ayotte has stated that the New Hampshire protest may have influenced the more widely known Boston Tea Party. The Pine Tree Riot targeted the British ship's commander and crew over enforcement of taxes on colonial goods.

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