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In December 1773, three British ships, carrying tea from China, docked at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston. The crates of tea were sent to the Colonies by the British East India Company. Governor Thomas Hutchison ordered the tea tax be paid and the tea be unloaded. The Colonists refused.The British Empire,
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Contrary to popular belief, the 1773 protest opposed a tax break, not a tax hike. And it didn't immediately unify the colonies against the British
The true history of the Boston Tea Party is far more complicated than the grammar-school version, and the real facts of what happened on that fateful night in 1773 might surprise you.
While many Americans gushed about the effectiveness of the ‘Destruction of the Tea,’ others thought it went too far.