16th December 1773: Artist's rendering of the Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, December 16, 1773. A group of Bostonians threw tea into Boston harbour as a protest against the British ...

Dan Hannan was sick of turning over so much of his paycheck to taxes, he was disgusted as he watched the government’s attempts to fix the economy by hiring thousands of workers instead of investing ...

Contrary to popular belief, the 1773 protest opposed a tax break, not a tax hike. And it didn’t immediately unify the colonies against the British Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, ...

The anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of the most infamous protests leading up to the American Revolution, is days away. In December 1773, political activists known as the Sons of Liberty took ...

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Tea bags are coming in from all over the U.S. for a semiquincentennial bash in Boston. Dec. 16 marks the Boston Tea Party’s 250th Anniversary, with reenactments, retrospectives, and, of course, the ...

NEW YORK-- High tea was enjoyed 100 floors up at the Edge at Hudson Yards on Tuesday. London tourism officials hosted the Great British Tea Party, a pre-celebration of King Charles' coronation on May ...

Afternoon tea started out as a typically upper class pursuit. Even Queen Victoria (pictured, right) got into the spirit, and had her favorite cake, the Victoria sponge, named after her. - Hulton ...

“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” wrote Henry James in “The Portrait of a Lady.” “Teatime” is one ...