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 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 ...

As we head into this somewhat already fis­cally chal­lenged time of year, many are expecting to pay higher prices at the ...

Bostonians protest the newly passed Tea Act by dumping 46 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British impose a new law on the colonies called the Tea Act, which is intended to stop smuggling and ...

This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. It began with the "Shot heard 'round the world" on April 19, 1775 in Lexington and it marked the end ...

The Boston Tea Party was not a protest against high taxes, but rather against taxation without representation. Modern-day parallels exist where corporate lobbying and concentrated power overshadow ...