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“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.
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Benjamin L. Carp
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American Heritage
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March 19, 2024
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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.
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Benjamin L. Carp
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HNN
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December 27, 2023
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
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February 15, 2023
Mythmaking In Manhattan
Stories of 1776 and Santa Claus.
by
Benjamin L. Carp
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Age of Revolutions
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December 5, 2022
Book
Defiance of the Patriots
: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
Benjamin L. Carp
2011
Book
The Great New York Fire of 1776
: A Lost Story of the American Revolution
Benjamin L. Carp
2023
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