Boston Tea Party

by Benjamin Woods Labaree

Book Overview

" A brilliant and scholarly demonstration of the way a single act of violence can affect the course of history. ... The reasons for the resort to war ... have never been brought into such clear focus as through the lens of this remarkable study." - Julian P. Boyd, editor, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson

"One of the most important books ever written about the origins of the American Revolution." - Journal of American History

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930350057
• ISBN13: 9780930350055
• Release Date: December 1979
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

good book

Good book, it give you an understanding of what happen to lead to the boston tea party, what happened before, during and after. It is very detailed and clears up any myth given by history school teachers who are misinformed. It is probably the best detailed book on the topic. Maybe a little too detailed....a good book. I would recommend

Great Chronology of the Revolution

Mr. Labaree's Boston Tea Party is an excellent chronology of the American Revolution from the Townshend Acts to the Boston Tea Party, culminating in the Coercive Acts and the beginnings of the Continental Congress. Labaree lays out the increasing tension between the American Colonies and Britian. He delves into the radical nature of the Revolution as a libertarian mass movement. Although the colonists were led by leaders like Samuel Adams, Dr. Thomas Young, and Joseph Warren, Labaree cogently lays out how the Revolution was a mass movement of the people. Hundreds, if not thousands of farmers became involved in assisting Boston after the passage of the Coercive Acts. Philadephia organized a mass meeting of over 8000 people to protest the tyrannical acts. After the passage of the Coercive Acts, Boston, Philadelphia, New Haven, Baltimore, Annapolis and other colonial cities were inflamed. This beginning of revolution was not a movement of only the rich, but of an enraged, passionate people defending their liberties. Most importantly Labaree shows how the British and Americans viewed imperial relations and the position of the colonies in the Empire. Overall a really fine read for those interested in our libertarian revolution.

The best account

This book has aged remarkably well. First published in 1964, it remains the best account of the Boston Tea Party in or out of print. In fact, it's something of a classic. It's easy to read, tells the story in all its complexity (which involves going beyond Boston to look at how opposition to the Tea Act played out in Charleston, Philadelphia, and New York), and places the "tea party" in the larger story of the American Revolution.