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John Adams Describes the Situation in Boston Five Days Prior to the Boston Tea Party

Author: John Adams Date:1773 Annotation: The Townshend duties were a dismal failure. Only 21,000 pound sterling in new duties were collected,…

John Adams Describes Escalating Tensions in Massachusetts

Author: John Adams Date:1773 Annotation: In this letter, John Adams (1735-1826) describes the escalating tensions in Massachusetts during the winter and…

Tea Act

Date:1773 Annotation: Parliament passed the Tea Act that authorized the East India Company to bypass American wholesalers and sell tea directly to American…

Boston Tea Party

Author: George Robert Twelve Hewes Date:1773 Annotation: George Robert Twelve Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who later fought in the Revolution as a…

Samuel Adams Describes the Situation in Massachusetts in 1772

Author: Samuel Adams Date:1772 Annotation: As one of the chief organizers of protests against the imperial policies adopted by Britain after…

The Regulators

Author: Richard H. Lee Date:1771 Annotation: Even as tension between the colonies and Britain was rising, disputes among colonists continued. In…