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Definition of Boston tea party
1. Noun. Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea.
Category relationships: History
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boston Tea Party
Literary usage of Boston tea party
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Source-book of American History: Ed. for Schools and Readers by Albert Bushnell Hart (1899)
"The Boston Tea-Party (1773) FINE moderat Weather continued, till this morning [Dec.
... For the Boston Tea- Party, see Contemporaries, II, ch. xxiv. ..."
2. History of the United States: From Aboriginal Times to Taft's Administration by John Clark Ridpath (1911)
"... men quickly boarded the vessels, broke open the three hundred and forty chests
of tea that composed the cargoes, and , , . r, , The boston tea party ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ON THE boston tea party. (From the original manuscript in the
Adams papers, New York Public Library.) GENTLEMEN, LONDON, Feb. a. ..."
4. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"Revolt of the American Colonies from England John Andrews, Esq., of Boston, writes
to a friend about the boston tea party, which occurred the evening before ..."
5. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"Sung at the second anniversary meeting of the Sons of St. George in New York,
April 23, 1771. THE boston tea party (Anon.) Without jack or pendant flying, ..."
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