boston tea party, boston, mass., 1773

Explore one of the major events leading up to the Revolutionary War and decide what they would do, before finding out what really happened.

Ethan, a printer's errand boy, must deliver an important message to the Patriots, and as he makes his way through the streets of his city, he witnesses the daily events and practices of diverse groups of people.

The Boston Tea Party marked the beginning of the American colonies' break from British rule and would go on to inspire future protest movements. Boston Tea Party reveals why British laws prompted the event, how it led to the American Revolutionary War, and what later movements borrowed from the colonist's protest.

". . . recounts life in early colonial America leading up to the . . . tea tax protest that pushed the American Patriots and the British closer to war. American Girl Felicity Merriman shares how she found herself caught in between the two sides of the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.

Tells the story of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in the Boston Tea Party and other events of the American Revolution; examines Hewes's memories of the rebellion as he shared them when he was in his nineties; and considers the historical value of oral testimony and memory.

Presents a short study of the Boston Tea Party of 1773, and describes its role in the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Examines how the harsh British response to the Boston Tea Party--when Patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest restrictive laws--prompted a reaction that culminated in the Revolutionary War.

Presents the events of the Boston Tea Party which preceded the Revolutionary War in the United States from three different perspectives, a merchant's wife, a British soldier and a patriot activist.

Living in the American colonies was difficult at times as towns were built, governance was established, and people from many different backgrounds, including Native Americans, learned to live together. By the 1770s, many colonists were asserting their belief in a new country free from English rule. Readers meet a young colonist growing up during the tumult of the pre-Revolutionary era. This unique, first-person perspective introduces readers to a period important to the social studies curriculum. Historical images and fact boxes add context to the main content, which focuses more on the chores, schooling, and family life of colonial children.

Presents information about the people and events connected with the Boston Tea Party, an act of rebellion that helped to spawn the American Revolution.