My Coffee Black and My Tea in the Harbor T-Shirt

In 1773, Parliament and King George passed the Tea Act, an act that levied a tax on all tea that entered into the colonies. In short order, the Sons of Liberty organized and prepared to repel incoming ships carrying tea. They had been successful in the past when the British attempted similar measures with the Stamp Act, and in every colony but Massachusetts, and specifically Boston, they were successful again, as all British ships were unable to unload their cargo. In Boston, however, Governor Hutchinson, who had significant ties to the tea industry, refused to bow to colonial protests and several tea vessels, including the Dartmouth, arrived in Boston Harbor. Following a Sons of Liberty meeting in Faneuil Hall led by Sam Adams, the colonists boarded the ships and dumped all 342 chests of tea into the water in protest for taxation without representation - what they perceived as tyranny. This protest directly contributed to the American Revolution and was a rallying cry for Gandhi again