Recounts life in early colonial America leading up to the famous tea tax protest that pushed the colonies and the British closer to war, using the stories of Felicity Merriman and how she became caught in between the two sides of the American Revolution.

What was the Boston Tea Party? -- New world, new freedoms -- Fighting the French and Indians -- Taxation without representation -- A massacre in Boston -- Teatime -- The night of the party -- The party's over -- The shot heard round the world.