boston tea party

     

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Trivia about boston tea party

  • Revere dressed up as an Indian to take part in this event of December 16, 1773
  • As a result of this December 16, 1773 incident, England closed the port of Boston
  • Every December, Bostonians put on disguises & reenact this 1773 act of defiance
  • About 60 members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians for this December 16, 1773 incident
  • Herman's grandfather was one of the "Indians" in this 1773 protest
  • A DAR chapter in Massachusetts has one of the chests from this December 16, 1773 event
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Old South Meeting House.) Here at Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams gave a coded signal that began this protest event
  • Thinking she's dressed as an Indian for a costume party on Dec. 16, 1773, Phoebe attends this Mass. event
  • Concerning this 1773 event, John Adams wrote, "This is the most magnificent movement of all"
  • John Adams wrote of this 1773 event, "There is a dignity, a majesty...in this last effort of the patriots that I greatly admire"
  • The Congress Street Bridge is where Bostonians recreate this historic event every December
  • A Boston museum features the Beaver II, a full-scale replica of one of the 3 ships involved in this 1773 event
  • Must have been quite a "party"; the British passed 1774's "Intolerable Acts" to punish Massachusetts for it
  • Seen here is an illustration of this 1773 protest