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American Revolutionary War— The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is one of the most famous events in American history—but it wasn’t the chaotic riot many imagine. This episode of Road to Liberty reveals the planning, discipline, and daring behind the Boston Tea Party—and how one night in Boston helped set America on the path to revolution.
In December 1773, a group of Boston patriots carried out a carefully planned operation against 342 chests of British East India Company tea worth nearly £10,000 sterling. Facing a legal deadline, armed British warships in the harbor, and the threat of arrest, they boarded three ships—the Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver—and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor.
Why were the colonists willing to risk everything? What did “No Taxation without Representation” really mean? Why did they disguise themselves as Native Americans? And how close were British authorities to stopping them?
This episode of Road to Liberty reveals the planning, discipline, and daring behind the Boston Tea Party—and how one night in Boston helped set America on the path to revolution.
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