The Boston Tea Party, a euphemistic name for a dangerous escalation of hostilities between colonists and the crown, erupted on the Massachusetts coast on this day in history, Dec. 16, 1773. "The die ...

Much of the A250 national conversation has centered on conflicts like the Boston Tea Party. However, the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (NELMA) is drawing attention to a deeply ...

In the 250 years since members of the Sons of Liberty boarded ships in Boston Harbor to dump their cargo of imported tea overboard — on Dec. 16, 1773 — the right to protest over inadequate ...

On December 16, 1773, American colonists stormed three British ships and hurled 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This explosive act of rebellion against unfair taxes shook the empire, ignited ...

This time around, there will be no “Indians” at the Boston Tea Party. On Dec. 16, 1773, some of the 100 to 150 colonists who boarded three ships and tossed their tea into the Boston Harbor disguised ...

How does the most famous act of politically motivated property destruction in American history speak to our own polarized moment? By Jennifer Schuessler Jennifer Schuessler reported from Boston, where ...

Long before the Declaration of Independence was signed, tensions between the colonies and Great Britain were already boiling ...

Challenging the status quo is the correct condition of American conservatism. Sign up here. At the end of the American Revolution, Benjamin Rush, who had signed the Declaration of Independence, vowed ...