In December 1773, political activists known as the Sons of Liberty took to Boston Harbor to dump more than 90,000 pounds of tea in the ocean in protest against taxes imposed by the British.

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 ...

On Dec. 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dumped more than 300 crates of tea from the British East India Company into the Boston Harbor to protest “taxation without representation” in British ...

How a lively market on Boston Harbor became part of many defining moments of the Colonial and Revolutionary eras ...

On December 16, 1773, this political protest by the Sons ... worth nearly $1.7 million in today’s currency, into the Boston Harbor. Leaders like Samuel Adams played a crucial role in organizing ...

Snaking through the American city of Boston, the Freedom Trail isn’t long, but links so many must-see locations where modern America began that you’ll need more than a day to do it justice.

Courtesy: Library of Congress In 1773, when the colonists of Massachusetts staged the Boston Tea Party in Boston Harbor, Parliament, with the king's approval, hit the colony with the Coercive ...

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 ...