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The Boston Tea Party is often cited as a model of peaceful civil protest. But, as Elinor Evans reveals, on the 250th anniversary of this milestone in America’s foundational story, it occurred against a backdrop of bloodshed

A Washington Post columnist published a piece wondering if the Boston Tea Party could actually be interpreted as an "act of terrorism" by "White men" in early forms of Blackface.

Benjamin Carp, Sarah Churchwell and Sarah Purcell weigh up the complicated legacy of the Boston Tea Party

Benjamin Carp, Sarah Churchwell and Sarah Purcell delve into the colonial grievances that were growing in the wake of the Seven Years’ War

Three years before the American Revolutionary War began, Massachusetts colonists defied British taxation by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor. Now, the state marks the 250th anniversary of what came to be known as the historically pivotal Boston Tea Party.

Nige Tassell and Professor Benjamin Carp consider the fate of the American colonies had George Washington not ordered his troops to retreat from the battlefield in August 1776

The exhibit opened this month and explores the theme of violent protest throughout the country’s history, from the Boston Tea Party to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Benjamin Carp traveled around the sun 95 years. He finally got to see the fields of flowers that he searched for. One month prior to his death in the Hill

Collectively, coffee and tea have been credited as catalysts for everything from the Enlightenment to the Opium Wars.