<P> Coordinates: 42 ° 21 ′ 13" N 71 ° 03 ′ 09" W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.3536 ° N 71.0524 ° W ﻿ / 42.3536; - 71.0524 ﻿ (Boston Tea Party) </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Boston Tea Party </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the American Revolution </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Source: W.D. Cooper . Boston Tea Party in The History of North America . London: E. Newberry, 1789 . Engraving . Plate opposite p. 58 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (40) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> December 16, 1773 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Caused by </Th> <Td> Tea Act </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Goals </Th> <Td> To protest British Parliament's tax on tea . "No taxation without representation ." </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Methods </Th> <Td> Throw the tea into Boston Harbor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Resulted in </Th> <Td> Intolerable Acts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Parties to the civil conflict </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> Thirteen Colonies </P> <Ul> <Li> People of Boston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Great Britain </P> <Ul> <Li> East India Company </Li> <Li> Parliament </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Lead figures </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Samuel Adams Paul Revere William Molineux and other "Sons of Liberty"... </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Boston Tea Party </Th> </Tr>

When did they dump tea into the harbor