Video: 'The story behind the Boston Tea Party - Ben Labaree'

(Thursday, December 16, 1773, 7:00-10:00 p.m. local time; during the American Revolution) — The Boston Tea Party, an American political and mercantile protest, took place tonight as members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act. Continue reading American colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor to protest ‘taxation without representation’ 250 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1773) →