Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America

Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America | Benjamin Carp

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On the night of December 16, 1773, a party of Bostonians boarded three British vessels and dumped over three hundred chests of tea into Boston Harbor. In addition to objecting to taxation without representation, the participants were also protesting the Tea Act of 1773, which forced them to pay a tax on top of the monopoly prices set by the East India Company and benefitted the family of the royal governor of Massachusetts. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of this harbinger of the Revolution, Benjamin Carp, professor of history at Brooklyn College, discusses the event by examining the actions of those who carried out the raid in the context of the global story of British interests in India, North America and the Caribbean.
About the Speaker
Benjamin L. Carp is the Daniel M. Lyons Chair in American History at Brooklyn College and an affiliate for the history program of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia and specializes in the history of the American Revolution and the eighteenth century, particularly in the seaport cities of eastern North America. He is the author of several books and scholarly articles, including Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America (Yale University Press, 2013) and The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution (Yale University Press, 2023). Additionally, Dr. Carp contributed to the anthology Women Waging War in the American Revolution, edited by historian Holly Mayer, and has also written for wider audiences in BBC History, Colonial Williamsburg, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has also appeared on podcasts such as The Alarmist, History Extra and Revolution 250, and on various radio and television outlets. For his book Defiance of the Patriots. Dr. Carp was awarded the 2013 Society of the Cincinnati Prize.
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@frontierpatriot 8 ай бұрын

the "radicals"... Sir I think you mean "patriots".

@BillPatten-zh6lx 8 ай бұрын

I think he uses this term to reflect the feeling of these people to be not representing a concern for the whole population but rather their own grievances. I view a patriot as someone supporting a "thing" ( person, community, place, etc.).

@nathancoleman7235 2 ай бұрын

The reason why the Boston rebels dressed as "Native Americans" when tossing the tea overboard into Boston harbor was to show in a defiance to the British that they regarded themselves as Americans and not British subjects no longer.

@nathancoleman7235 2 ай бұрын

This was the event that signaled that the colonists no longer regarded themselves as British subjects but as Americans

@manatee2500 8 ай бұрын

This lecture veered off into partisan politics. While I might agree somewhat with Carp’s partisan point of view, I think that he could have rattled off his list in such a way as to leave the audience guessing.

@EpicFilip 7 ай бұрын

He's a Jew.

@henryruggles7523 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, I greatly appreciated your presentation on this topic. I've always been strongly interested in this subject. History was my minor at University. I think one of the things that interests me regarding this period of time is that my family was very much involved in it. My family came to America in the 1620's and 1630's primarily, but I also had extended family on the Mayflower. The Revolutionary War was very much a civil war within my family. I had family on both sides. My great-grandfather (x4) was Captain Edward Ruggles, the minute man, who served under General George Washington. My great-uncle (x4) was Sir Timothy Ruggles, who was a Brigadier General in the king's Army and also mandamus Council to the king, he was also the president of the Stamp Act Congress. They were also first cousins of John Adams. I had several ancestors who were "Sons of Liberty." We had family on both sides in this period of History and it always has interested me. Once again I would like to say thank you very much, and I would like to learn more. Sincerely, Henry c. Ruggles

@driptrooper2183 6 ай бұрын

Would you by chance be related to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles, from the Confederate States forces during the Civil War? I was reading about him the other day and I don’t think your last name is common so I’m just curious if you are related. (By the way it’s awesome that your family is so engrained in the history of our country!)

@henryruggles7523 6 ай бұрын

@@driptrooper2183 no actually I think he may be a descendant of a different branch of the family maybe a distant cousin but my great-grandfather was Brigadier General ( and senator) James Monroe Ruggles, first Illinois Cavalry who served under Grant and Sherman and was a friend of Abraham Lincoln. That was in fact another civil war that my family was on both sides against one another. (See " James Monroe Ruggles and Abraham Lincoln" ) can Google.....he's mentioned in the Illinois State Historical Library and also the Library of Congress... he was my great-grandfather

@Kaz.Klay. 6 ай бұрын

My ancestors by the name of Schroeder was involved in the spy game for the new englanders ;-) ...I mean the Americans lolo

@europhile2658 6 ай бұрын

I read that the choice of Indian costume was a symbol of freedom

@seanselman3128 24 күн бұрын

Jonathan Turley is not a right wing jurist.

@elizabethrehm470 Ай бұрын

Your comments about Jan. 6th makes me doubt what your book will be like. You really haven't done your research into Jan. 6th.

@jimrutherford2773 7 ай бұрын

The Boston Tea party event was a non violent protest against a so called foreign government to the colonists passing taxes and sending soldiers to Boston. It's not a good comparison to BLM and Anifa protests in 2020 which were violent and lives lost. The protest at the Capitol was non violent as police opened the doors and let the people in so they can take selfies and walk around the hallways and chamber. The only violence that day was by Capitol police who killed two unarmed women, one an Airforce veteran. The Tea Party should not be used to justify any violence today as it can be used to justify robbing burglary, rape, tax evasion, etc. Anyone can stretch any grievance to compare it to the Tea Party.

@MixerRenegade95 4 ай бұрын

Right, capitol protest? peaceful? You must be off your rocker. That Lot was the very meaning of an angry Mob. Attacking our Government! What tripe.

@jimrutherford2773 4 ай бұрын

@@MixerRenegade95 you must have been sleeping when Leftist protesters raided the Capitol building and wouldn't leave blocking congresspeople from leaving their offices. You also obviously never watch the video that were finally released. The Democrats didn't want those released because it showed protesters milling about the capitol building talking to police and taking selfies. One of these days we'll find out how many in your corrupt FBI were planted in the crowd to instigated a few to causing damage.

@williamweimer3463 3 ай бұрын

I notice you have no contention apropos of the Klan reference, but take exception to BLM. I find this interesting vis-a-vis your erroneous assertion that Jan. 6th entailed no violence.

@jimrutherford2773 3 ай бұрын

@@williamweimer3463 the only violent so called insurrectionists were hired ANTIFA put into the protest by the FBI who also had agents in the protest dressed like MAGA. Funny how you bring up the Klan which is a 100% Democrat party movement and still was when your leader Biden gave a eulogy to his Klan grand dragon friend Robert Byrd at his funeral.

@brealistic3542 3 ай бұрын

Yes,anyone who saw the protesters breaking the windows to get in and watched the whole thing on TV knows that's Utter nonesense. The maga cult are brainwashed sadly.