Edenton Tea Party: First Women’s Political Demonstration in America
On October 25, 1774, the first organized and public women’s political protest in American history. Organized primarily by Penelope Barker, 51 women signed a statement of protest vowing to give up tea and boycott other British products “until such time that all...
The Struggle for American Independence: The Tea Parties
In this episode, I cover the tea parties – concerted acts of resistance against the Tea Act of 1773 – that broke out in many of the colonies. While almost all histories of the timeframe concentrate on the Boston Tea Party, I felt it was important to cover how other...
From the Stamp Act to the Tea Party: What the Old Revolutionaries Can Teach us for Today
This blog is featured in today’s Tenther newsletter, which everyone in the nullification movement gets daily or weekly. Be one of them – and Become a member here to support the TAC. Before today’s big update – a handful of important videos and a...