Boston Tea Party……
December 16, 1773……
American Colonists, some disguised as Indians, dump 350 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This was done in defiance of the British Tea Act of 1773. Even though the Tea Act effectively lowered the cost of tea to the colonists and was used to pay salaries of colonial officials, the colonists felt it violated their rights to “no taxation without representation.” Afterwards, Benjamin Franklin urged that the destroyed tea be paid for at a cost of about £9,000 (approx. $1.75 million in today’s U.S. dollars). This is one of the seminal events leading up to the American Revolution.