Del Norte Public Library

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life in the American colonies and the events that led to be Boston Tea Party and the Revolutionary War.

Describes the Boston Tea Party, including the events leading up to the party, its immediate effects on American-British relations, and why it is still an important event today.

In an attempt to save his family's oak tree home, Maximilian uses Nathaniel Chipmunk's time machine to try and prevent Farmer Tanner from selling the property to a developer, but finds himself more than two centuries in the past, in the middle of the Boston Tea Party, instead.

Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.

"Boston, 1773: Emma Malcolm's heart belongs to Noah Winslow. But her father has promised her to Samuel Clarke, a sadistic man. After Emma is drawn into the Boston Tea Party, Samuel blackmails her. Emma realizes she must protect those she loves, even if it means becoming Samuel's wife. Present Day:Lieutenant Hayley Ashworth is determined to be the first woman in the Navy SEALs. When an unexpected encounter with the man she once loved leads to the discovery...

"By December of 1773, American colonists had grown increasingly frustrated. Among their complaints was that the British government had imposed a tea tax on colonists. The Americans objected because it was taxation without representation-that is, they had no say in who was elected to parliament. As tensions grew, plans formed to protest the tax by pouring hundreds of containers of tea into the Boston Harbor. One of the first acts of protest in America,...

The Boston Tea Party marked the beginning of the American colonies' break from British rule and would go on to inspire future protest movements. Boston Tea Party reveals why British laws prompted the event, how it led to the American Revolutionary War, and what later movements borrowed from the colonist's protest.

Describes the events preceding, during, and following the event which helped precipitate the American Revolutionary War.

Get ready for a trip in time to Boston, Massachusetts, 1773. Author Elaine Landau and her faithful dog Max will be your guides to a very important party : the Boston Tea Party. Tired of high British taxes, American colonists were so angry that they threw a whole delivery of British tea into Boston Harbor. Learn about the causes of the American Revolution! And do not forget your tomahawk there is lots of tea to dump!

In 1773, seventeen-year-old apothecary Oliver Carter moves to Boston and begins helping the Sons of Liberty in their rebellion against British tyranny in the colonies as well as discovering that his boss, Dr. Benjamin Church, is a traitor to the cause.