Boston Tea Party and British Tyranny
Words: 1653 Pages: 6 5223In reference to the Boston Tea Party, the great Richard C. Simmons once stated, "[There emerged a] kind of unformed nationalism...growing up with more and more men in more and more colonies speaking and writing of an American cause that they largely defined in terms of protecting American liberties against British tyranny." December 16, 1773, American patriots disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and threw 342 chests of tea that belonged to the British East India Company from the ships into […]