A vintage illustration of the Boston Tea Party on Dec. 16, 1773. American colonists, including some who appropriated American Indian costume for the protest, dumped chests of British tea into the ...

Local News Photos: Boston Tea Party turns 250 years old with reenactments of the revolutionary protest Tea for the reenactment was supplied by the East India Co., the same British company that was ...

A Washington Post columnist published a piece wondering if the Boston Tea Party could actually be interpreted as an "act of terrorism" by "White men" in early forms of Blackface.

Rhode Islanders are frustrated that the 1772 Gaspee affair has been overlooked as the Boston Tea Party marks its 250th anniversary this week.

In Boston 250 years ago this week, on Dec. 16, 1773, a throng of radical patriots called the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, swarmed aboard three British ships in the ...

Tax Notes contributing editors Robert Goulder and Joseph J. Thorndike break down three important tax aspects of the Boston Tea Party on its 250th anniversary.

The Boston Tea Party was a foundational moment in American history—and it was not without controversy. Honor its 250th anniversary with these surprising facts.

The aftermath of the Boston Tea Party Reactions to the Tea Party varied. In Great Britain, lawmakers condemned the colonists’ behavior.

The re-enactment of the Boston Tea Party and the events that preceded it are captured with a bit of theatrics at an annual reenactment.

That act of defiance had its own ripple effect, sparking the American Revolution. While the new kits are Boston Tea Party-themed, they also throw back to Revolution uniforms of yesteryear.

The Boston Tea Party has come to symbolize the revolutionary spirit that led to independence. It engraved the catchphrase “no taxation without representation” on the country’s cornerstone ...