What You Didn’t Know About the Boston Tea Party

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Boston Tea Party, 26 December 1773. Inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts, dressed as American Indians, throwing tea from vessels in the harbour into the water as a protest against British taxation. Source: (alamy.com)

Our U.S. history lessons in elementary school often include the bold and rebellious act by the American colonists of raiding a British cargo ship and dumping loads of tea into Boston Harbor to protest taxation through the newly imposed Tea Act. But there was a lot more to the Boston Tea Party than we are taught in school. Here are some of the things you probably didn’t know about the Boston Tea Party.