The only reason that we look at the Boston Tea Party as a "good" thing that happened is because that side ended up winning a war. If the British had won that conflict it would be a footnote in history, noting that some hooligans destroyed some property.

> The only reason that we look at the Boston Tea Party as a "good" thing that happened is because that side ended up winning a war.

No, it's because they ended up winning a war and became us. If it has been a group that went on to win war of national liberation against us, we probably wouldn't too kindly on it.

Sure, but the point remains. We remember the Boston Tea Party as a good thing only because the victors of that war celebrate it.

Yep and maybe she'll be vindicated by future historians. But right now she's going to do 20 years.

Doubtful.

Was it? Which part of it caused terror?

I mean, unless you're trying to be funny.

Sure, but no one would argue, I hope, that British society would have been improved if the British government had changed their laws so that the Tea Party would no longer be a crime.