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Boston Tea Party Was Act Of Terrorism?

Boston Tea Party Was Act Of Terrorism? 
Texas Public Schools Teaching New History Lesson 

Some Texas parents are upset over a history lesson
that depicts the Boston Tea Party as an act of terrorism.
The historical protest against taxation without representation will mark its 239th anniversary next month. But a report by The Blaze, a right-wing site started by Glenn Beck, reveals that as recently as this January, the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative included a lesson plan that portrays the Boston Tea Party as a non-patriotic act, instructing teachers to read a story to their students as a recent news report:
News report: New Act of Terrorism A local militia, believed to be a terrorist organization, attacked the property of private citizens today at our nation’s busiest port. Although no one was injured in the attack, a large quantity of merchandise, considered to be valuable to its owners and loathsome to the perpetrators, was