Boston Tea Party: Surprising truth about the types of tea thrown overboard

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary this week, the Boston Tea Party might come to mind, as it ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Tea, history, and revolution: Boston's enduring love affair

CHANNEL 5. EVERY DAY THE WORLD STOPS TO ENJOY MORE THAN 2 BILLION CUPS OF TEA, ENOUGH TO FILL THOUSANDS OF OLYMPIC SIZED SWIMMING POOLS. AND ITS STORY BEGAN MORE THAN 4000 YEARS AGO, LEGEND SAYS.
Smithsonian Magazine

What Really Happened at the Boston Tea Party?

On December 16, 1773, American colonists stormed three British ships and hurled 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This explosive act of rebellion against unfair taxes shook the empire, ignited ...

One of the biggest myths about the Boston Tea Party revealed by historian

Green tea was just as popular as black tea in colonial America, with five Chinese tea varieties fueling the Boston Tea Party ...

The Cape Cod shipwreck that bollixed up the Boston Tea Party

A British ship named the William, carrying 58 chests of taxed tea, wrecked off Cape Cod in December 1773. This event occurred just five days before the more famous Boston Tea Party protest. The ...

The Boston Tea Party’s international roots

Sarah M.S. Pearsall is a professor of history at Johns Hopkins University and author of “Freedom Round the Globe: A World ...