On this day 250 years ago the first of seven ships carrying East India Company tea left England for America. One ship was headed to Charleston, another to Philadelphia, a third ship to New York, and four ships headed to Boston. The cargo of three of those ships ended up in Boston Harbor in the well-known Boston Tea Party, but Patriots in the other three cities would take less drastic measures that also effectively prevented the sale of the East India Company’s tea. The coordinated efforts of Patriots in all the American Colonies to block the sale of tea taxed by Parliament without any representation of the Colonies would lead directly to the Independence of the United States of America.

Source: https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/tea-blog/five-facts-you-didnt-know-about-the-boston-tea-party