| Noun | 1. | Boston Tea Party - demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on teademonstration, manifestation - a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the war" history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view" | |