When the First Continental Congress met in British North America in 1774, it authorized the colonists of Massachusetts to arm themselves against the British. This was because the British government had decided to make an aggressive response to the Boston Tea Party of 1773. ...
Their most famous act of disobedience was destroying 92,000 pounds of British tea in Boston Harbor in December 1773. The Boston Tea Party, as the act would become known, was one of the key events that pushed the colonies and the British government toward war. Stock Montage/Getty Images Samu...
With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, young readers will relive this famous moment in Texas history. What Was the Boston Tea Party?《波士顿倾茶事件》 1773年12月16日,因北美人民不满英国殖民者的统治,当地居民塞缪尔·亚当斯率领60名自由之...
Former organized crime figure from South Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Local folklore depicted Bulger as a Robin Hood–style social bandit dedicated to protecting the neighborhood and its residents. Bulger allegedly masterminded a protection racket targeting drug kingpins and those running illegal...
近十年来,人们对英国高压税收的愤怒与日俱增 After nearly a decade of growing anger at repressive British taxes 波士顿的反叛者们正在倾茶 Boston rebels are throwing a tea party. 自hearts;由hearts;的思想对于殖民地人hearts;民hearts;来说很重要 The idea of freedom and liberty mattered to the ...
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire Church Street, Walsall, its course and proportions enduring, but the dwellings and taverns that once crowded its margins – long gone. My mother’s great grandfather, Thomas Watson Day, was not yet out of his teens. He had left behind all that was familiar ...
Company to gain a monopoly (垄断) on the sale of tea in the colonies. On December 16, 1773, American colonists stormed aboard British ships in Boston Harbor and cast their tea into the water in what came to be known as the Boston Tea Party. This eventually led to the American ...