may 1, 1773 - Boston Tea Party
Description:
It was an act of protest in which a group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to agitate against both a tax on tea (which had been an example of taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 1, 1773
Now
~ 252 years ago