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Há 5 dias · Boston Tea Party, precursor to the American Revolution in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians on December 16, 1773. They were protesting a tax on tea and the East India Company’s perceived monopoly.
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- The Boston Tea Party took place on the night of December 16, 1773, a few years before the start of the American Revolution in 1775. It was an act o...
- The passage of the Tea Act (1773) by the British Parliament gave the East India Company exclusive rights to transport tea to the colonies and empow...
- The Boston Tea Party pushed Britain’s Parliament to assert its authority—and it passed the Intolerable Acts in 1774. These punitive measures includ...
Há 3 dias · Boston, city, capital of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and seat of Suffolk county, in the northeastern United States. It lies on Massachusetts Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. The city proper has an unusually small area for a major city, and more than one-fourth of the total—including part of the Charles River, Boston Harbor, and a ...
Há 1 dia · I'm doing a survey on movies based on novels by Henry James starting with "The Bostonians." While I enjoyed the movie from an aesthetic and philosophical perspective, I wish they had shown Verena's rejection of Basil's proposal, when Olive gave her five minutes to "set him straight" because I really wanted to know what they would say, to help the audience understand why she changed her mind at ...
Há 4 dias · Sports. Source: Bostonhockeynow.com. The Boston Bruins, one of the most iconic teams in the National Hockey League (NHL), have a rich history that spans over a century. From their founding in 1924 to their numerous Stanley Cup victories, the Bruins have left an indelible mark on the world of hockey.
Há 4 dias · Title: The New Bostonians. Publication Info: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2015] Summary/Review: Boston College historian and Boston By Foot guide Marilynn Johnson initiates the discussion of the recent history of immigration and its effect on the Greater Boston region.
Há 4 dias · This 1774 British print, titled "The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring and Feathering," depicts the attack of a Patriot crowd on Boston Commissioner of Customs John Malcolm. Tarring and feathering was a ritual of humiliation and public warning that stopped just short of serious injury.
Há 4 dias · A story focused on. Trust. Boston has been a pioneer of community policing. That’s showing signs of success. The next step is to build a deeper sense of trust with residents. Yet only 31% of...
