Boston Tea Party
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm
This one-page story includes a first-person account by George Hewes of the evening's activities. He describes how he dressed up like an Indian, arrived at the dock, and was recruited into a small group lead by Leonard Pitt.
The Declaration of Independence
www.historychannel.com/exhibits/declaration/call.html
Subtitled "The Call for Independence: How the Declaration Came to Be," this History Channel article places the Boston Tea Party within the larger context of America's separation from England. With hyperlinks to additional topics (such as the Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Intolerable Acts and Boston Tea Party), it provides a nice overview of America in the last half of the 18th century.
Liberty! Boston 1774
www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html
After the band of 50 American "Mohawks" dumped 342 chests of Darjeeling tea into the Boston harbor, Britain's King George III retaliated by closing down the port. Visit this PBS site to learn more about English retribution against the colonies, and for the terrific hyperlinked timeline of the American Revolution from 1760 to 1791. Don't leave without testing your knowledge at the interactive Road to Revolution game.
