This hands-on museum offers an entertaining look at ... an authentic tea chest from the Boston Tea Party. Two of the three ships have been recreated, the Beaver and the Eleanor, which are fun ...

according to the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. The protest known as the Boston Tea Party was in response to the Tea Act, which, in part, maintained a tax on tea imposed by the British Parliament.

Occurring on March 2, 1775 — 48 days before the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord — Rhode Islanders set British ...

The Boston Tea Party demonstrates, in plentiful detail, how perplexingly "modern" the world had become 200 years ago. This excellent narrative explores every facet of the highly complicated events ...

You can learn more about the Boston Tea Party anniversary with a Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum Tour, or book a Freedom Trail Tour to get the most out of your trip to Boston. The anniversary of ...

State’s plans for US 250th called scattered, late” (A1, Feb. 17): Setting aside pride in our history and considering only the ...