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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.

by Benjamin L. Carp via American Heritage on 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.

by Benjamin L. Carp via HNN on 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 for New York City History on February 15, 2023
Mythmaking In Manhattan

Stories of 1776 and Santa Claus.

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

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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The Boston Tea Party.

Why Some Founding Fathers Disapproved of the Boston Tea Party

While many Americans gushed about the effectiveness of the ‘Destruction of the Tea,’ others thought it went too far.

by Dave Roos via HISTORY on December 11, 2023

Illustration of flag against burning city backdrop

Did George Washington Burn New York?

Americans disparaged the British as arsonists. But the rebels fought with fire too.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The Atlantic on January 31, 2023

A man at a Tea Party rally in 2010, dressed in colonial clothes and standing in front of a Don't Treat On Me flag with his fist raised.

Teed Off

Did the 2010 Tea Party Movement really have anything in common with 1773? What did the history of populism suggest about the Tea Party's future?

via BackStory on May 21, 2010

Destruction of tea in the harbor and text protesting the Tea Act.

The Many Myths of the Boston Tea Party

Contrary to popular belief, the 1773 protest opposed a tax break, not a tax hike. And it didn't immediately unify the colonies against the British.

by Meilan Solly via Smithsonian on December 15, 2023

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