When was the Boston Tea Party?
Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.[1] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. American Patriots strongly opposed the taxes in the Townshend Act as a violation of their rights.  Demonstrators, some disguised as Native Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.