Thursday, March 2, 1775. Raising a stench.

The women of Providence, Rhode Island, gathered at the town's market place and burned tea.

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Sunday, February 26, 1775 Salem Gunpowder Raid

Labels: 1770s, 1775, American Revolution, British Army, Colonial North America, Massachusetts

Thursday, December 22, 1724. The Greenwich Tea Party

The last of the "tea parties" occurred on this day in Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey.  It involved the usual tea dumping and dressing as Native Americans.

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Tuesday, December 13, 1774. Taking Fort William and Mary.

Labels: 1770s, 1774, American Revolution, British Army, Colonial North America, New Hampshire, Paul Revere

Thursday, November 3, 1774. Charleston Tea Party.

Tea boldly brought into the harbor, was in turn tossed into the harbor at Charleston.

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Wednesday, November 2, 1774. A Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Labels: 1770s, 1774, Colonial North America, New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, Thanksgiving

Thursday, March 17, 1774The Lyme Tea Party

Boston 1775: The Lyme Tea Party: Yesterday I suggested that when young people in Lyme, Connecticut , celebrated Independence Day in 1805 by toasting “The Tea Party,” they d...

 

Blog Mirror: U.S. Coffee and Tea Consumption, 1923 and 2023

U.S. Coffee and Tea Consumption, 1923 and 2023