The Boston Tea Party, a euphemistic name for a dangerous escalation of hostilities between colonists and the crown, erupted on the Massachusetts coast on this day in history, Dec. 16, 1773. "The die ...

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 ...

BOSTON (CNN Newsource/WCVB/WKRC) - Boston is ready to commemorate the 250th anniversary of one of the most important days in American history. A famous act of defiance that the world would later know ...

BOSTON - Boston celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Boston tea party and the beginning of the American revolution on Saturday. Thousands of people gathered here along the Boston Harbor to witness ...

16th December 1773: Artist's rendering of the Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, December 16, 1773. A group of Bostonians threw tea into Boston harbour as a protest against the British ...

“No taxation without representation” became a rallying cry for colonists in the mid-18th century. Prior to the American Revolution and the country’s independence, the British government imposed a ...

Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of "The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past." Send an email to Jarrett Lawful protest in the American ...

A room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells the story of tea and politics, from China to Britain and that “party” in Boston. By James Barron This article is part of our latest Museums special ...