The name `` Tea Party '' is a reference to the Boston Tea Party , a protest in 1773 by colonists who objected to British taxation without representation , and demonstrated by dumping British tea taken from docked ships into the harbor .
The name `` Tea Party '' comes from the Boston Tea Party , a protest by colonists who objected to a British tax on tea in 1773 . They demonstrated by dumping British tea taken from docked ships into the harbor .