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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.