American Revolution

The Boston Tea Party, which occurred on December 16, 1773, was a political protest by the American colonists against the British government. They protested the Tea Act, which allowed the British East India Company to sell surplus tea in the American colonies at a reduced tax, undermining local merchants. A group of colonists, disguised as Native Americans, boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. This act escalated tensions between the colonies and Britain, leading to the American Revolution.