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Author Carp, Benjamin L., author.

Title Defiance of the patriots : the Boston Tea Party & the making of America / Benjamin L. Carp
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction : Teapot in a tempest -- The empire's corporation -- The ringleader of all violence -- Tea and scandal -- Enemies to their country -- The detestable tea arrives -- The destroyers at Griffin's Wharf -- Resolute men (dressed as Mohawks) -- Boycotting the accursed leaf -- Boston bears the blame -- Sugar, slaves, and the shadow of the Tea Party -- Secrecy and legacy
Summary From the Publisher: On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than forty-six tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. It set the stage for war and cemented certain values in the American psyche that many still cherish today. But why did the Tea Party happen? Whom did it involve? What did it mean? The answers to these questions are far from straightforward. In this thrilling new book, Benjamin L. Carp tells the full story of the Tea Party-exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of Boston, and setting this extraordinary event in a global context for the first time. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together-from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston's ladies of leisure-Carp illuminates how a determined group shook the foundations of a mighty empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party's uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America's tempestuous past
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-285) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Sons of Liberty.
East India Company -- History -- 18th century
SUBJECT East India Company fast
Sons of Liberty fast
Subject Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
War -- Causes
British colonies
SUBJECT Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015931
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140149
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century
Subject America
Massachusetts -- Boston
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300168457
0300168454