Boston Tea Party $1.69 AUD
Category: History
It was another cold night in Boston, Massachusetts on the 16th of December 1773. But this was no ordinary night. This night would ignite the flames of injustice within many an American colonist. And it would eventually lead to the American Revolution.
That night, three British ships – the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver – were moored in the Boston harbour. Their holds were filled with British tea that the American colonists had refused to accept. However, Thomas Hutchinson, the royal governor of Massachusetts, in turn, refused to issue the permits which would allow the ships to leave the harbour and return to Great Britain. Already, in Pennsylvania and New York City, public outcry had resulted in ships in harbour there returning to Great Britain without unloading their cargo of tea. But in Boston, Governor Hutchinson was standing strong against the colonists.
