What were some of the December, 1773, Boston "tea tossers" wearing when they made their protest?

Question

Skins of which fruit were used by aristocratic women in China to make black dye, which they often used to stain their teeth?

Answer 1

Native American headdresses and blankets
Americans were protesting taxation without representation, evidenced by the British tax on the tea, and a perceived monopoly by the East India Company which supplied the tea. A group of men boarded the ship in which the tea was currently stowed as it waited in the harbour and tossed the cargo overboard.