Episode 041: Tea Party Aftermath

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Despite the open destruction of private property, the colonies generally seem to approve of Boston's reaction to the tea ships. When another tea ship arrives a few months later, locals dump its chests in Boston Harbor as well. Other towns up and down the coast destroy or force the removal of tea. Soon, even drinking untaxed tea becomes unacceptable. Colonists hold tea burnings and refuse to allow anyone to sell or possess tea. The immediate reaction in London is that this is completely unacceptable. It requires more than a criminal investigation. Rather, the entire colony needs to be punished. In a stroke of bad timing, London learns of Franklin's release of private letters to Boston radicals months earlier. The Privy Council summons him and attacks him relentlessly for hours, destroying his reputation in England. Visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Today episode 41, Tea Party Aftermath.
0:52.0	Last week I ended with the Sons of Liberal One, Tea Party Aftermath.
0:53.0	Last week I ended with the Sons of Liberty dumping three shiploads of tea into Boston Harbor.
0:59.6	The immediate reaction to the Tea Party was mixed. And I guess first I should point out that no one called
1:05.1	the tea party at the time. At the time, references simply called it the events in Boston
1:11.2	or the destruction of the tea.
1:13.6	The catchy name came decades later.
1:16.6	Also, none of the men involved in the destruction
1:19.7	wanted to be identified.
1:22.0	For years, the identities of participants remained a secret.
1:25.7	The men had committed a crime and destroyed property.
1:29.4	Even after independence, the East India Company could have brought suit for damages.
1:35.3	Decades later, people have tried to put together lists based on the recollections of some very old
1:40.5	men in the early 1800s who claimed to have participated. A few names
1:46.0	stand out like Ebenezer Macintosh, William Mullenow, and Paul Revere. Most of the
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