On December 16, 1773, patriot and Sons of Liberty member Adam Collson is said to have yelled out, “Boston Harbor, a teapot tonight!” He got his wish, with protestors dumping an estimated 46 ...

In Boston 250 years ago this week, on Dec. 16, 1773, a throng of radical patriots ... swarmed aboard three British ships in the harbor, broke open 342 crates of Ceylon and Darjeeling tea worth ...

So by 1773, Americans had been complaining about ... Bostonians, in their wisdom, responded by throwing their new cheaper tea in the Boston Harbor. Robert Goulder: Now wait a second, Joe, that's ...

The second annual Yorktown Tea Festival takes place Nov. 6 through 8 at various locations in Historic Yorktown. Guests will ...

In 1773 rebels unconvincingly disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three docked ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea overboard. England moved swiftly to punish this act of blatant ...

During the 1773 Boston Tea Party, American patriots threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the British into the Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea. Yorktown made a splash of its own the ...