| NOUN | act | Boston Tea Party | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped / dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor |
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| Meaning | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped / dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea. | |
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| Category | history | The discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings |
| Instance of | demonstration, manifestation | A public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) |
| Region | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Spanish | Motín del Té | |
| Catalan | Boston Tea Party | |
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