U.S. Politics: #13 Boston “Tea Party”

OK, this so-called Boston “Tea Party” wasn’t actually a tea party, it was something about a bunch of angry colonists dressed as Native Americans, and about 340 crates of tea.

But first, here's a fact about the 1700s: Tea was very, very popular. In England, each man, woman, and child consumed almost 300 cups of the stuff annually. And since the English colonized America, Americans were crazy about tea, too.

All went well until the British wanted to increase taxes on tea in America. The Americas weren’t happy, because they believed that they were not to be taxed imposed by a legislature in which they didn’t or had few representatives.

And that is what led to the Boston Tea Party of 1773. On December 16th of that year, about 50 men, some dressed as Native Americans, marched down to Griffin’s Wharf, stormed aboard 3 ships, and threw about 340 crates full of tea overboard to show they didn’t want high taxes. The Boston Tea Party united Americans to protect their rights, and exactly 10 years later, lead to the independence of America.

Why called the Boston Tea Party? I don’t know, though what I could say is: What a waste of tea!