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Tides and Tonnage: A Different Take on the Boston Tea Party
byThe story of the Boston Tea Party has been told and retold endlessly. It has become a part of American mythos. On the evening…
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The Signal of Sam Adams
byMyth: Toward evening on December 16, 1773, Francis Rotch, beleaguered owner of one of the tea-laden ships in the Boston Harbor, announced to thousands…
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A Very Special Boston Tea Party Reenactment
byHave you ever tried to imagine what it would have been like to witness an important historical event? If so, the Boston Tea Party…
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Strategy to Pre-war Violence?
byDo you think there was a greater strategy behind most of the pre-war violence, or was it primarily raw emotion and vengeance? There…
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Benjamin Franklin: America’s First Whistleblower
byEdward Snowden and the NSA documents. Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables. Daniel Elsberg and the Pentagon papers. Benjamin Franklin and the Hutchinson…
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They Destroy’d the Tea!
byOn 6 December 1773, Lt. Col. Alexander Leslie of the 64th Regiment of Foot wrote a letter to the highest ranking official in the…
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7 Myths about the Boston Tea Party
by1. MYTH: The Tea Act imposed a tax on American colonists (which is why tax protestors often revere the Boston Tea Party). BUSTED: The…
Searching for Loyalists: Boston Harborfest (part 2)
by“No Tax on Tea! A Colonial Tea Debate”[1] On Friday July 5, I returned to the Old South Meeting House for the “No Tax…
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Searching for Loyalists: Boston Harborfest (part 1)
byMy Quest As a historian, I am interested in how people understand and interact with the past. I find the question of how present-day…