The Boston Tea Party (Northeastern Classics Edition)

The Boston Tea Party was used for a report I had in history. I did learn a bunch of new things that we didn't study and I was able to get the info out of it that I needed. I was also excited to read this book after my report was done just to fill me in on our history.

Good book, it give you an understanding of what happen to lead to theboston 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 bookon the topic. Maybe a little too detailed....a good book.I would recommend

This book is full of wonderful, important detail but Labaree's writing style is fairly boring. It's not overly important for a historical examination to be a super exciting read, but there were a few times that I almost fell asleep while reading this book simply because of the repetition.

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this was great!

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.