Lectures tagged "boston tea party"

Stimulating Beverages: Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate in Early America
Amanda Lange
January 7, 2010
00:42:39
Amanda Lange, curator at Historic Deerfield, explains how tea, coffee, and chocolate--originally prescribed as cures for ailments ranging from headaches and depressions--became counted among the necessities of daily life.
Teapot in a Tempest: The Boston Tea Party of 1773 (Part 2)
Benjamin Carp
December 10, 2009
00:52:37
The Boston Tea Party lives on in history and memory in a variety of ways. The term "Boston Tea Party" doesn't appear for 50 years after the event. No one spoke openly about who had boarded the tea ships until the 1820s and 1830s.
Teapot in a Tempest: The Boston Tea Party of 1773 (Part 1)
Benjamin Carp
December 3, 2009
00:47:32
The Boston Tea Party was about more than taxes, and it was part of a movement that was larger than Boston.
Tea at Sea: Moonlit Drama of the Boston Tea Party
Robert J. Allison
October 11, 2007
00:57:32
Robert J. Allison, professor at Suffolk University, vividly recounts the moonlit drama of the Boston Tea Party, while examining the political and economic background of the destruction of the tea.
A Short History of Boston
Robert J. Allison
May 5, 2005
01:15:32
Robert J. Allison, professor of history at Suffolk University, brings to life the major events and important figures who formed the "City on a Hill".
230 Years Later: The Boston Tea Party Revisited
Charles Bahne
December 11, 2003
00:45:14
Local historian, author and tour guide Charlie Bahne takes us back to 1773 when the talk of the town was tea. Learn about the actual value of tea not only in monetary ways, but the importance tea played in everyday civilians lives. On the 230th anniversary of the famous event, Mr.