1773 AD
Boston Tea Party
Boston colonists dumped tea into the harbor to protest British taxation policies.
- Time period
- 1773 AD
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Theme
- Politics
- Civilization
- British America
The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. Protesters associated with the Sons of Liberty threw East India Company tea into Boston Harbor. They opposed the Tea Act and British taxation without colonial representation in Parliament. Britain's punitive response in 1774 intensified colonial resistance and helped pave the way for the American Revolutionary War.