AMERICAN HISTORY - Boston Tea Party - Boston, MASSACHUSETTS - 1930

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AMERICAN HISTORY: Boston Tea Party - Boston, MASSACHUSETTS - 1930: The Boston Tea Party (referred to in its time simply as "the destruction of the tea" or by other informal names and so named until half a century later,) was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and other political protests often refer to it. The white border era postcard, mailed in 1930, presents a very colorful scene of this historic moment. The card is in good condition, but shows edge and corner wear. Published by United Art Co., Boston Mass. No. 33545.