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6 unusual facts about Boston Tea Party


Boston Tea Party

In 1973, on the 200th anniversary of the Tea Party, a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall called for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon and protested oil companies in the ongoing oil crisis.

When the tea ship Dartmouth arrived in the Boston Harbor in late November, Whig leader Samuel Adams called for a mass meeting to be held at Faneuil Hall on November 29, 1773.

Flux Family Secrets: The Rabbit Hole

Throughout the journey, the player travels to different locations in time that impacted three historical events; The Gettysburg Address; Henry Ford's test drive of the Quadricycle; and the Boston Tea Party which includes the Green Dragon Tavern, Griffin's Wharf and the tea ship named the Beaver.

George Dawe

He was the son of Philip Dawe, a successful mezzotint engraver who also produced political cartoons relating to the events of the Boston Tea Party.

Monkhouse Davison

In 1774, chests of tea from the company were amongst those thrown into Boston Harbour during the Boston Tea Party which started the American Revolution.

Orpheus Club of Philadelphia

Its members sang two works in a program marking the centennial of the Boston Tea Party on December 17, 1873.


Continental Congress

Benjamin Franklin had put forth the idea of such a meeting the year before but was unable to convince the colonies of its necessity until the British placed a blockade at the Port of Boston in response to the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

Hiding in Time

Nathan Crew is an accidental tourist in Colonial America who is swept up in the events unfolding before him, including having Benjamin Franklin coax him into being an unwitting participant in the Boston Tea Party.

Shepherdstown Historic District

The newspaper was operated by Nathaniel Willis, grandfather of Nathaniel Parker Willis and a participant in the Boston Tea Party.


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Corie C. Whalen

Concurrent to her work with the Boston Tea Party Freedom Rally, Whalen became an organizer for Congressman Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign in Massachusetts and was also involved in launching the Boston Ron Paul Meetup Group.

Whalen was one of the original organizers of the Boston Tea Party Freedom Rally held on December 16, 2007, at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts; Rand Paul was the keynote speaker at this event.

Darius Cobb

Other works on display include Washington at Dorchester Heights, which was hung in the Memorial Continental Hall in Washington; The Old Drummer of the Revolution, which was placed in the Old State House in Boston; the Boston Tea Party, which was hung in the hall of the Ancients and Honorables; and The Death of Cuchullan, which is on display at Boston College.

Intolerable Acts

The Boston Port Act, the first of the acts passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, closed the port of Boston until the East India Company had been repaid for the destroyed tea and until the king was satisfied that order had been restored.