The struggle associated with the Boston Tea Party did not end with dumping of the tea, as Britain demanded to be reimbursed for the cost of the dumped tea. This bill was "not paid" (Brinkley
The importance of tea is often overlooked in this age but it is worth considering when looking back at what the colonists were attempting to say when they dumped tea into the harbor. Tea was more than something to drink -- it was a valuable, so valuable, says McGill that some "deemed it a 'second currency'" (McGill)