On Dec. 16, 1773, American colonists, angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Co., into the Boston harbor.

The Boston Tea Party demonstrates ... standard work not only on the Tea Party, but on the whole pre-Revolutionary period, as well. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email ...

The tipping point came in 1773, when the ... Back in Boston, the revelations from the letters helped stoke the anger that climaxed with the Boston Tea Party. You know what happened from there.

Fun Fact: The Boston Tea Party occurred in 1773, but the term wasn’t used until a newspaper report in 1825. The colonists defined the term “party” as an organized event that is celebrated ...

1773) include 3D holograms, talking portraits and the Robinson Tea Chest, an authentic tea chest from the Boston Tea Party. Two of the three ships have been recreated, the Beaver and the Eleanor ...

The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum offers an immersive experience that takes you back to December 16, 1773, the day when American colonists protested against British taxation by dumping 342 ...

The Boston Tea Party by John Andrew, "Ballou's Pictorial", 1856. It represents the scene at Griffin's Wharf, Boston, on the night of December 16, 1773, when a band of Bostonians, thinly disguised ...