{"id":31682,"date":"2023-12-14T08:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T07:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=253738"},"modified":"2023-12-14T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:11:36","slug":"boston-tea-party-1-tea-and-taxes","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/boston-tea-party-1-tea-and-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Tea Party | 1. Tea and taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benjamin Carp, Sarah Churchwell and Sarah Purcell delve into the colonial grievances that were growing in the wake of the Seven Years\u2019 War <\/p>

By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 14 December 2023 at 07:40 AM<\/p>

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How did tea become such an incendiary issue in late 18th-century Boston? To understand this, we need to travel back at least a decade. Joined by experts Benjamin Carp, Sarah Churchwell and Sarah Purcell, we delve into the colonial grievances that were growing in the wake of the Seven Years\u2019 War, and get closer to the unrest in colonial New England.<\/p>\n

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