On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians, dumped hundreds of chests of tea into Boston harbor to protest the Tea Act of 1773, under which the British exported to the colonies millions of pounds of cheap—but still taxed—tea, thereby undercutting the price of smuggled tea and forcing payment of the tea duty.
demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
A 1773 revolt against king George’s tax on tea. It marked the beginning of coffee’s role as the United States’ favorite beverage, replacing tea and symbolizing support for the American Revolution.
An act of defiance by American patriots against the Tea Act of 1773 which levied taxes into tea imports. In December of that year, a group of colonists boarded British ships in Boston harbour and tossed 342 chests of East India Company tea into the water. Their action hastened the approach of the American War of Independence.
The 1773 revolt against King George's tax on tea that marked the beginning of coffee's role as the United States' favorite beverage. Coffee replaced tea and symbolized support for the American Revolution.
Pre-Revolutionary War protest against the British Tea Act (1773), which placed a tax on tea. On December 16, 1773, a number of Bostonian patriots, dressed as Mohawks, boarded three British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea, worth about $75,000, into Boston Harbor.
The December 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party was the colonists's response to Parliament's effort to help the British East India Company sell its surplus tea in America. Colonists saw it as a thinly disguised effort to entice them to pay the tea tax, tricking them into violating their claim to "no taxation without representation." The "party" led to the dumping of British tea into Boston Harbor in order to prevent payment of the duty on the tea.
The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American colonists against Great Britain in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks on ships in Boston Harbor. The incident, which took place on Thursday, December 16, 1773, has been seen as helping to spark the American Revolution.
"Boston Tea Party" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
The Boston Tea Party is an American libertarian political party founded on July 4, 2006.