The Boston Tea Party<span> was a raid that took place in the</span>Boston<span> Harbor in 1773 during which American colonists dumped shiploads of </span>tea<span> into the water to protest a British tax on </span>tea<span>. This event was </span>important<span>because it fueled the tension that had already begun between Britain and America. This was founded in google all rights go to google </span>