A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 16, 1773, 241 years ago, angry Boston citizens boarded British ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston ...

BOSTON (WCSC) — American colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians threw 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor on Dec. 16, 1773, in what became known as the Boston Tea Party. The event marked a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of the most infamous protests leading up to the American Revolution, is days away. In ...

The Boston Tea Party took place in defiance to the Tea Act of 1773. The protest brought together 60 men who marched to the wharf, boarding ships belonging to the East India Company, and threw 342 tea ...

The 1773 Boston Tea Party, an iconic act of political defiance (and, truth be told, criminal behavior) helped fuel sentiment against the British practice of levying taxes on colonists who had no ...

The American colonies were forced to pay a tax — tariff — on tea, which ignited the American Revolution. On Dec. 16, 1773, American colonists, angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without ...

For a nation with roots in a rambunctious 1773 Boston Tea Party protesting British tariffs, it's odd to see both major-party White House contenders trying to outdo each other with promises of tariffs.

The American Colonials were becoming angry at British taxation . Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty decided to show them how angry, by throwing British tea into the water! Freeland's in, Gould is ...

Different times, different causes: The Boston Tea Party, in 1773, led by American Colonists rebelling against unfair acts by the British Crown, first led to increased punishment by the British, then ...