Defiance of the patriots : the Boston Tea Party & the making of America /

From the Publisher: On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than forty-six tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. It set the stage for war an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carp, Benjamin L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
Temas:
Sons of Liberty.
East India Company > History > 18th century.
East India Company.
1600-1799
Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
War > Causes.
British colonies.
Boston (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 18th century.
Boston (Mass.) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Causes.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amérique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
America.
Massachusetts > Boston.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Teapot in a tempest
  • The empire's corporation
  • The ringleader of all violence
  • Tea and scandal
  • Enemies to their country
  • The detestable tea arrives
  • The destroyers at Griffin's Wharf
  • Resolute men (dressed as Mohawks)
  • Boycotting the accursed leaf
  • Boston bears the blame
  • Sugar, slaves, and the shadow of the Tea Party
  • Secrecy and legacy.

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