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Bookmark or Share- Boston Tea Party | Facts, Summary, & Significance | BritannicaBoston Tea Party, (December 16, 1773), incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea (taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company.
- Boston Tea Party - World History EncyclopediaThe Boston Tea Party was an act of political protest carried out by American colonists on 16 December 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. Disguised as Mohawk Native Americans, the colonists dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest both a tax on tea and the monopoly of the British East India Company on the tea trade.
- The Boston Tea Party (article) | Khan AcademyOverview. The Boston Tea Party, which involved the willful destruction of 342 crates of British tea, proved a significant development on the path to the American Revolution.
- Tea Party movement | Definition, Significance, Summary, Beliefs ...Tea Party movement, conservative populist social and political movement that emerged in 2009 in the United States, generally opposing excessive taxation and government intervention in the private sector while supporting stronger immigration controls.
- What exactly is the Tea Party? - BBC NewsWhat exactly is the Tea Party? 16 September 2010. The Tea Party has become an umbrella group for many different causes and angry protesters, making it hard to pin down. By Katie Connolly....
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