Spilling the tea...

In December of 1773, the Sons of Liberty made history by pouring British tea into the Boston Harbor, therefore making a public act of rebellion against British rule, after the East India Trading Company had gained a near monopoly on the product. Britain retaliated harshly, escalating the tension between the two parties until the inevitable occured: War. If not for their drive for Freedom, efforts for independence might never have stood a chance. But, thanks to prominent members such as Sam Adams and John Hancock, the balance shifted. 

And the world was never the same.