The anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of the most infamous protests leading up to the American Revolution, is days away. In December 1773, political activists known as the Sons of Liberty took ...

That’s two nights in Boston, one in Freeport, two in Bar Harbor, two in the White Mountains, one in Stowe, one in Woodstock, ...

On December 16, 1773, American colonists stormed three British ships and hurled 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This explosive act of rebellion against unfair taxes shook the empire, ignited ...

The American colonies were forced to pay a tax — tariff — on tea, which ignited the American Revolution. On Dec. 16, 1773, American colonists, angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without ...

Dan Snow travels from Massachusetts to London to reveal the global story of the Boston Tea Party. On December 16th 1773, an event happened that shocked an Empire and fired the starting pistol for the ...

On this day in 1773, in what is known as the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty (many disguised as Mohawk Indians) threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company into Boston ...

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 as ...

Today is Monday, Dec. 16, the 351st day of 2024. There are 15 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place ...