Tag: Boston Tea Party
In 1774, British Parliament implemented the Coercive Acts in response to the destruction of British property by colonists during the Boston Tea Party. Paul Revere reproduced an engraving from a London newspaper that depicted the relationship between the British government and America, and he circulated it among the colonies. A copy of this allegorical cartoon [...]
Posted by Monique Politowski on January 6, 2012, under Archives II, Civil Records, Military Records.
Tags: American Revolution, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, HMS Gaspee, Monique Politowski, Nathanael Greene, Paul Revere, RG 208, RG 21, RG 45, Sons of Liberty Comments: none
Today’s post is written by Monique Politowski, and is part of her ongoing series on the Federalists. Today is the 238th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. On December 16, 1773, men dressed as Native Americans and wearing disguises, destroyed British owned tea by throwing it into the water of Griffin’s Wharf in Boston. Archives II has [...]
Posted by Monique Politowski on December 16, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Military Records.
Tags: Alexander Hamilton, American Revolution, Boston Harbor, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, federalism, First Continental Congress, George Washington, John Jay, Monique Politowski, Nathanael Greene Comments: 2
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