The incident, which took place on Thursday, December 16, 1773, has been seen as helping to spark the American Revolution. The Boston Tea Party is known around the world and has been inspirational to other leaders.
For example, Erik H. Erikson records in his book "Gandhi's Truths" that when Mahatma Gandhi met with the British viceroy in 1930 after the Indian salt protest campaign, Gandhi took some duty-free salt from his shawl and said, with a smile, that the salt was "to remind us of the famous Boston Tea Party."
