In a span of three hours, they smashed 340 chests of tea and dumped over 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. The damage caused, in today's money, was worth more than $1.7 million.

Before the shots at Lexington and Concord, before the Boston Tea Party, there was Hancock’s seized ship and a trial that rocked the colonies. This is the untold chapter of how one merchant's defiance ...

To mark today's 251st anniversary of the Dec. 16, 1773 event, here's an encore presentation of the official Boston.com Boston Tea Party quiz.

The Boston Tea Party is often invoked today as a symbol of anti-tax rebellion. But if we’re going to cite it, we ought to get the history straight — and understand why it still echoes now.

Do some winter stargazing, travel back in time to commemorate the Boston Tea Party, and more. By Claudie Bellanger Globe Correspondent, Updated December 13, 2024, 1:24 p.m.

Monday marks 251 years since the Boston Tea Party. To honor the event, the Old South Meeting House will host a reenactment of a debate that led to it. WBUR's Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing ...