Which Patriot Leader Organized The Boston Tea Party on This Day In 1773?

On December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams organized a protest against the British government’s tax on tea. The Boston Tea Party was also a protest against the British East India Company’s monopoly on the tea trade and an act of defiance against the Royal Navy’s presence in Boston Harbor. On the night of December 16, 1773, Patriot protesters dressed as Native Americans boarded three British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party was a major event leading up to the American Revolution; as a result of this event and other conflicts between Great Britain and its colonies in North America, King George III passed a series of laws known as the Coercive Acts. These laws angered many colonists because they violated their rights as Englishmen; these acts led to formation of the First Continental Congress, which was a key step towards independence from Great Britain. The Boston Tea Party is commemorated every year on December 16th; in 2010, harbor workers found a replica of one of the 342 tea chests that were dumped into Boston Harbor during that original protest in 1773. It is important to remember this event because it is an example of how ordinary people can take action to change their world.