Question

What event created the "dark and boiling tide" that is described in the song "Revolutionary Tea

Answer 1

The event that created the "dark and boiling tide" is the Boston Tea Party.

The American colonist were being taxed for Tea which made them mad. So they dressed up as Indians and sneaked into the ships at night and dumped all of the Tea in the river.They call themselves as "sons of Liberty". They dumped 342 chest of tea which weighted approximately 18000 pound. This event created the dark and boiling tide.