229 years ago today, the Boston Tea Party happened!

On December 16, 1773, American patriots dressed up as Mohawk Indians boarded three ships docked in the Boston Harbor owned by the East Indian Trading Company. They emptied 342 chests of tea into the ocean in protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773. The tea was valued at more than 10,000 pounds. This event became known as the "Boston Tea Party" and was one of the first acts of violence in America to protest taxation without representation.


Little known is the fact that Providence had its own tea party in March of 1775. This took place at the Market House, located at the corner of College and South Main Street, now owned by the Rhode Island School of Design.



Read an eyewitness account of the Boston Tea party.


Visit the Boston Tea Party museum on-line [Sadly, due to fire damage, the actual museum is currently closed]


Find out where the Boston Tea Party really happened



Click the pictures to see where the Providence Tea Party Happened.