dec 16, 1773 - Boston Tea Party
Description:
1. It started when some colonists flung snowballs at a British sentinel guarding the Boston Customs House2. Nearly 1.2 million pounds of tea the colonists drank each year
3. The cost of the smuggled tea soon surpassed that of tea from British East India Company with the added tea tax.
Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 16, 1773
Now
~ 252 years ago