Every day, the world pauses over more than 2 billion cups of tea — enough to fill thousands of Olympic-sized swimming pools. Its story spans more than 4,000 years, beginning with the legendary Chinese ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bostonians protest the newly passed Tea Act by dumping 46 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British impose a new law on the colonies called the Tea Act, which is intended to stop smuggling and ...