Can someone plz me im having permanent brain damage easy .. i promise and plz dont write this as an answer.."the boston tea party took place on december 16, 1773. the boston tea party happened in 3 british ships in the boston harbor. the boston tea party took place because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the british tea. they thought that the tea would put all of the colonists out of buisness." anyways plz i want someone to tell me what happened in the boston tea party and give 7 facts or more . this is a major grade