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An Apollonaut travel guide
The place behind the story.
A tax on tea, a night of protest and two replica ships offer several ways into the story of the Boston Tea Party.
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A protest over tea
The Tea Act of 1773 allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly in the colonies, while the Townshend duty on tea remained.
On 16 December 1773 the Sons of Liberty threw the tea from three ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor and the Beaver, into Boston Harbor.
Towards revolution
Parliament replied with the Intolerable Acts of 1774, including the Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston.
The fighting at Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775 began the American Revolutionary War.
Ships and museum
Today the museum on the Congress Street Bridge tells the story with live re-enactments, interactive exhibits and two replica ships, the Eleanor and the Beaver. It also holds the Robinson Tea Chest, which the museum describes as the only known surviving tea chest from the event.
This history belongs to the place and the people who shaped it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
