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  • Defiance of the Patriots

  • The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
  • By: Benjamin L. Carp
  • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
  • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Defiance of the Patriots

By: Benjamin L. Carp
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than 46 tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. It set the stage for war and cemented certain values in the American psyche that many still cherish today. But why did the Tea Party happen? Whom did it involve? What did it mean? The answers to these questions are far from straightforward.

In this thrilling book, Benjamin L. Carp tells the full story of the Tea Party - exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of Boston, and setting this extraordinary event in a global context. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together - from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston's ladies of leisure - Carp illuminates how a determined group shook the foundations of a mighty empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party's uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America's tempestuous past.

©2010 Benjamin L. Carp (P)2019 Tantor
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  • Categories: History
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Overview: Disobedience and Tea

Benjamin Carp has presented in depth historical overview of tea, the Boston Tea Party, and implications since, the American Revolution. The relevance of colonial liberty and rights juxtaposed to the inconsistencies of color, religion, and wealth; timely inconsistencies that surface throughout civilization.
Well written and narrated; a triumph of research much like "Salt: A World History" by Mark Kurlansky.

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