Boston Tea Party
- a violent demonstration in 1773 by American colonists prior to the War of American Independence. Colonists boarded vessels in Boston harbour and threw the cargoes of tea into the water in protest at the imposition of a tax on tea by the British Parliament, in which the colonists had no representation.波士顿倾茶事件（美国独立战争前夕, 1773年美国波士顿居民的一次暴力反抗殖民者事件, 他们登上英国停在波士顿港口的装着茶叶的船只, 把货物都扔进了水里, 以此反抗英国议会强加给殖民地人民的茶叶税）。