The Boston Tea PartyMore than any other event, the Boston Tea Party of 1773 has come to stand for the determination of American colonists to control their own destinies. From the arrival of the ships full of controversial taxed tea in Boston Harbor, through the explosive protest meetings at the Old South Church, to the defiant act of dumping 226 chests of fine tea into the harbor on December 16, Freedman captures this exciting story. Source notes, a bibliography, a time line, an afterword, a historical map, and index. |
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Adams April arrived in Boston back to England became known Boston Gazette Boston Harbor Boston Massacre Boston tea agent Boston Tea Party brig Beaver arrived British East India British government Charleston Coercive Acts colonies colonists refused committee of correspondence customs officers Dartmouth December 16 East India Company Faneuil Hall Francis Rotch Governor Hutchinson Griffin's Wharf Groups of colonists Hanover Square import tax King Liberty Tree Long Room Long Wharf March mass meeting Meanwhile meeting is held morning noon November 28 November 29 October 18 officials Old South Meeting Parliament had taxed Parliament passed passed the Sugar pay the tax pence per pound Philadelphia raise money refused to buy resign returned to England Sam Adams ship Eleanor ship's soldiers South Meeting House Stamp Act stopped buying English Sugar Act Tavern tax on tea tea entering America tea ships three pence told Town meetings Townshend Acts place Tree in Hanover troops twenty days