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Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America

Benjamin L. Carp

The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution

Benjamin L. Carp

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Painting of the Boston Tea Party.

“Boston Harbor a Tea-pot This Night!”

The dumping of tons of tea in protest set the stage for the American Revolution and was a window on the culture and attitudes of the time.

by Benjamin L. Carp via American Heritage on March 19, 2024

The Boston Tea Party, Top to Bottom

A historian attends the 250th anniversary of the Tea Party, and reflects on the ways Americans remember one of the Revolution's main set pieces.

by Benjamin L. Carp via HNN on December 27, 2023

David Grim's map showing the damage that New York City suffered from two large fires.

David Grim’s Fairy Tale: The New York City Fire In Myth

We may never know with absolute certainty that the Great Fire was an accident, but Grim certainly made it harder for anyone to argue otherwise.

by Benjamin L. Carp via The Gotham Center for New York City History on February 15, 2023

Washington entering New York.

Mythmaking In Manhattan

Stories of 1776 and Santa Claus.

by Benjamin L. Carp via Age of Revolutions on December 5, 2022

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