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  2. Boston Tea Party - Wikipedia

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    The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts.

  3. Siege of Fort Pulaski - Wikipedia

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    The 13-inch mortars placed less than 10% rounds on target. [64] However, Federal fire proved effective from Parrott and James rifles, and working columbiad guns. There ensued a lull from the Fort, but the Confederate gunners re-opened an energetic counter battery duel that required the Parrotts to give up their wall assignment and concentrate ...

  4. Blockade of Germany (1914–1919) - Wikipedia

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    The Dover Patrol closed off the narrow English Channel, while the Northern Patrol closed the North Sea across the 155 miles (249 km) gap between Shetland and Norway, supported by the huge Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow in Orkney. [21] A British submarine flotilla operated in the Baltic Sea to impede the supply of Swedish iron ore to Germany. [22]

  5. Strategic bombing during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The first true practical demonstrations were on the night of 28 to 29 March 1942, when 234 aircraft bombed the port of Lübeck. This target was chosen not because it was a significant military target, but because it was expected to be particularly susceptible – in Harris's words it was "built more like a fire lighter than a city".

  6. War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war - Wikipedia

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    Qassam Brigades gunman shooting at a civilian vehicle in Israel [13]. Determining the applicability of laws of war to militant groups is a difficult question, as both the Council of Europe and International Committee of the Red Cross note that international law treats war and terrorism as separate legal categories.

  7. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    California has the highest base sales tax rate, 7.25%. Including county and city sales taxes, the highest total sales tax as of September 1, 2013, was in Arab, Alabama, 13.50%. [ 2] Sales tax is calculated by multiplying the purchase price by the applicable tax rate. The seller collects it at the time of the sale.

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