The Boston Tea Party, 1773

The Boston Tea Party was occurred on December 16, 1773 in Boston in Massachusetts. It was the symbol event of independence of America in American history. It was struggle against British East India Company. After the officers in Boston denied returningshipments of tea to Britain, a group of colonists got in to ships and threw away the tea in to Boston Harbor.

This is a picture that was drawn by W.D. Cooper. The title is “Boston Tea Party”. It was drawn in 1789, which is sixteen years later from that event. This type of primary source created based on what others saw and heard. It focuses on both the event itself on that ship and the historical background of the event; industrialized Boston Harbor. The creator might wanted to viewer to catch the sense of not only about that event, but also the historical background of that event to understand why that event happened at that time. Also it describes the detail of the people who participate that event. The colonists who participated that event wore the fashion of Native Indian, and the picture described it well. This is for large audience, and it is objective.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm

This is another primary source, which represents the Boston Tea Party. The writer of this source is George Hewes, and he was one of the participants of that event. He dressed the fashion of Native American, and threw the boxes of the tea away on December 16 1773. It explained how the historical background let colonists to attack the shipments, and threw the boxes of tea away. This type of source created by the personal experience, and it focuses on the event itself, and tried to explain what the writer experienced at that time, and his feeling. Writer wrote it immediately after that event happened. I assume that the writer wrote this to inform others what he experienced as a participant of that event. This source is objective, and he wrote this honestly to tell the truth and fact of that event to the audience.

This is an interesting article, which related to the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was the symbol event of the independence of the America, and in 2006, people in 9/11 Truth Committee reenacted the Boston Tea Party, and threw the boxes, which represent the tea away into channel near Boston Harbor. The committee rejected the findings of the 9/11 commissions. This event is called as “9/11 Truth Tea Party”.

EyeWitness to History.com

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm

Historywiz, “Boston Tea Party”

http://www.historywiz.com/teatax.htm

Tea Party for Truth

http://911courage.org/linked_docs/globe_tea_party02.jpg

Boston Tea Party, Eyewitness Account by a Participant.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm