The Boston Tea Party

American Revolution
Written By Tom Hand

One of the most iconic moments in American history, the Boston Tea Party was emblematic of the colonies’ resistance to British oppression. Taxes imposed by the Townshend Acts and the Tea Act would lead the Sons of Liberty to toss 92,000 pounds of tea, valued at almost $2 million today, into the Boston Harbor.

Tom Hand, creator and publisher of Americana Corner, discusses what put colonists on the road to this watershed event, and why it still matters today.

Images courtesy of the New York Public Library, Yale University Art Gallery, Library of Congress, Wikipedia.

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