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On June 29, 2004, to coincide with Independence Day, the company released three VHS/DVD volumes - The Boston Tea Party: The Movie, [10] Give Me Liberty [11] and The First Fourth of July, [12] each containing three episodes, with the former being made in a feature-length format.
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. The Sons of Liberty strongly opposed the taxes ...
Thomas White (March 19, 1739 – September 13, 1820) was an Irish American Patriot who took part in the Boston Tea Party, was a member of the Sons of Liberty, and served under General Washington in the American Revolution.
The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party was already on the boil, with all sorts of commemorative programs on Cape and a splashy reenactment slated for Dec. 16 at the Boston Tea Party Ships ...
The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party is right around the corner. Here's where to celebrate the milestone on Cape Cod.
The Bostonian branch of the Sons of Liberty were responsible for organizing and executing the famous Boston Tea Party of 1773 in response to the Tea Act . Early in the American Revolution, the former Sons of Liberty generally joined more formal groups, such as the Committee of Safety .
The re-enactment of the Boston Tea Party and the events that preceded it are captured with a bit of theatrics at an annual reenactment.
Though membership in the Sons of Liberty was secret, it is widely believed to have included Samuel Adams, Dr. Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, John Hancock, James Otis, and Benjamin Edes (owner of the influential Boston Gazette ). The Boston Tea Party was planned there and Paul Revere (a Mason) was sent from there to Lexington on his famous ride.