TAXES, TEA & TYRANNY IN BOSTON | History Traveler Episode 258
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- Опубліковано 6 гру 2022
- After the Boston Massacre (see the previous episode), tensions between the British army and the colonists of Boston continued to rise. All of that tension would come to a head in December of 1773 when a protest over a tax on tea resulted in over 300 chests of British tea being dumped into the harbor. In this episode, we're exploring where that tension boiled over at the Old South Meeting House & the approximate location where the famed Boston Tea Party took place.
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Please visit and do a history show on the battle of bunker hill.
Thank you.
This channel is proof education can be fun and entertaining.
Thanks! Appreciate that.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I love your channel and look forward to how you explore the world. I wish I could meet you. If you ever come to Sacramento I would love to point you in the right directions. Keep doing the good work you are doing JD. Much love.
One of the reasons I love living here in MA is that this state has done well preserving history. Still enjoy going to Boston just to venture the freedom trail from time to time. Another awesome video JD thank you very much!
It's too bad the people of MA today have totally forgotten and given up on fighting for liberty and freedom, in favor of "more government control" in just about every facet of our lives. If these people had been the Bostonians of 250 years ago, we would still be under Brittish rule today.
So, for someone traveling to Boston, what are your "must see" places?
@@RoyatAvalonFarms Perhaps you have forgotten WE have a GOVERNMENT and whether you feel less is better- remember too, WE are more now than when we started and more DIVERSE than when we started. There is no law to keep you here but by Heaven Don't Tread on Me!
@@seashepherds4959 having a government doesnt mean you quit fighting for and standing for liberty. The people of MA today wouldnt know know liberty if it smacked them in the face. They not only accept the govt we have now, but constantly advocate for MORE govt. Your ancestors who fought to create this country would be so disappointed in the people there now.
@@seashepherds4959 and pray do tell, where you think a man could go as far as another country where one could get "less government" and actually have liberty from government oppression?
The temperature was increasing a little bit more and a little bit more.... History always repeats itself.
An interesting side note, the British East India Company was granted the monopoly to sell tea in the colonies in order to help the company bail itself out from losses suffered due to Britain's tea tax scheme both in Britain and the Americas. It is but one more example of government involvement in the private sector produces bad results.
Govt is the problem, not the solution, still 250yrs later.
What a great watch before going to work. So much history in Boston and almost all of it within walking distance. Walking the "Freedom Trail" is so much fun. Thanks for keeping American history alive, you do a much better job that many schools. Thanks for all your time and work.....
Pretty amazing place.
We. LOVE OUR COUSINS ACROSS THE POND 🇦🇨🇦🇽🇬🇬
@@deborahrunnells8222 And we love our cousins across the other side of the pond........
I got to precipitate in the 250th, Of the Boston tea party reenactment and it is an experience that i will never forget
Interesting!
@@TheHistoryUnderground can i email you the atricle from the 250th of the boston tea party?
Pew boxes also allowed for small containers with hot coals to add warmth. The box will help contain some of that heat. Remember that the building had no central heating system!
This is such a complicated and passionate time in our history. It seems overshadowed by the Civil War in our collective memory but it’s pivotal to what the US has become. I don’t believe in American exceptionalism but I do believe in exceptional Americans and the men and women that won the Revolution and created the governing framework for this country are among those.
I love Boston. I went there in 1992 to visit my aunt and uncle. It’s amazing. So packed with history. It’s such a walkable city with great public transportation with the buses and subways. My aunt and uncle live there and they didn’t even need a car and if they wanted to go out of town or go up to New Hampshire or Vermont or Canada, they would rent a car. This is like a history lovers paradise.
Don't live there since the taxation they fought for is in full force and a mirror of SF/CA. It's a great place to visit and take in history but not to stay. I say this as someone who was born and grew up there.
They didn’t cover much of the revolutionary war in high school. Liking this lesson 👍
Yeah, that's unfortunate. I'm hoping that people will be sharing these videos to help fill in the gaps.
Being a non-tea-drinking Brit I can wholeheartedly get behind the Patriots dumping the vile drink into the Harbour 🤣
Thank you, JD, for giving me a real life view of what I've seen on ACIII and Fallout 4.
A non-tea drinking Brit? I didn't even know such a thing existed.
@@TheHistoryUnderground oh but we do my friend... 3 years of drinking British Army issue "tea" destroyed what little taste I had for the stuff.
I'd much rather have a coffee with a wee dram of Jameson or Tullamore Dew Whiskey in it 🤣
@@GlasgowCeltic88 Yum that sounds good. I would like my coffee with some Bailey's but it's Irish cream.
@@GlasgowCeltic88i think our tea is better than yalls. Especially in the south we love sweet tea.
From a place in NC that used to be the states capitol. Although Tryon palace burnt in the early 1900s, everything dates back to the 18th century. You need to come and visit. Lots of civil war history here as well. In front of the palace, there is still some original bricks used as the road.
Not to mention, it's where Pepsi was born. Known originally as "Brad's Drink".
This is American Revolution history. The Civil War documentaries are another series. Everyone obsessed with Civil War. People should know how our history began.
Boston be a crazy place to try and drive around. Thank you for making history come alive.
Ha! Yes it is. Lots of honking.
Amazing how driving - number of Autos - around Boston, Mass. has changed. I'm in my 70's.
Remember building Route 3 - Cape, Route 128 around Boston, Route 495 - No Traffic.
Early 1970's - After discharge from US Army, I drove a Cab - Remember Cabs? - I could make it from Saint Elizabeths Hospital Area - Brighton - through Brookline - Back Bay - West End - to South Boston in 20 to 25 minutes. Were called "Nickle Chasers" and that was the drop on the meter. I would hate to drive around Boston today. Live in the town where the Marathon starts.
Door-handle to door-handle, as a friend of mine described it!😊
The old south meeting house is impressive. I can just imagine how impressive it stood out in 1773. I always think of that old Disney movie Johnny Tremain where they marched out of the old south meeting house and to Griffins Wharf
I've actually never seen that. Need to try and find it.
@@TheHistoryUnderground It's a good movie, from the 50s. It's like the book. It talks about the Tea party, Lexington and Concord. Like always the book is way better lol. Esther Forbes wrote an autobiography too on Paul Revere, called Paul Revere and the World He Lived In. I highly recommend it to learn about Boston and the world events around him during that time.
I can listen to you all day. I enjoy your history telling.
Appreciate that!
I am truly loving this series on the American Revolution. I can remember the big things from elementary school social studies, but the more in-depth and intricate details of our fight for freedom elude me. All I can say is MORE PLEASE!!! Thanks JD. ~~Lynne
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I'm glad you're covering this period. I'm ashamed to admit my Revolutionary War knowledge is pretty bad, so much so that i forced myself to read a whole book on it several years ago. But many things are soon forgotten. Your videos will refresh me and hopefully more of the knowledge will stick..!
Thanks! The past few videos have been a little sluggish but I'm hoping that they pick up. Definitely an important era in our history that too few people know about.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I call it our first Civil War because so many Americans fought along side the British and against the British.
Kings Mountain was one of our first victories and it was made up almost 100% of Americans on either side. The Torres were led by a British officer named Ferguson. He declared that not even God could remove him from this mountain. He was sort of right. He is still buried there.
@@jamesholbrook7785 That's a cool fact that I'd never heard before. A battle in that war that was all colonial on colonial. Thanks for the share!
@@91Redmist I didn’t know it until I took a trip to South Carolina and saw Kings Mountain and the Cowpens.
Its not been covered well-if at all for the past 50 years in many public schools.
Huzzah J.D.!
Welcome to my hometown. Really excited to watch your videos from the Revolutionary era. You’re off to a great start. There is so much to feature in Boston. Must have been difficult to choose. Good luck!
I love Boston and learning about the American Revolution. Outstanding video. Look forward to watching more. Thank you
Beautiful church and the history being shared is so appreciated. We're learning much.
Thanks!
JD, I live 30 minutes away from the South Church. I feel ashamed but also blessed that you provide info/details that you know that I didn’t until now
My 10th great grandfather emigrated to Boston from Hillmorton, England in 1631 before finally settling in Ipswich, Mass. A fellow passenger with my 10th great grandfather, on the ship, was the Rev. Roger Williams and his family. I have found a lot of documentation from that time period and the things they all faced. Not being prepared for food shortages and native Indians becoming hostile was just part of the challenges. We visited the Old North Church and Paul Revere's home. Odd feeling when you see the old Boston tucked into the new Boston. I couldn't help but find how the church "box pews" must have been the first example of don't be sitting in my "bought and paid for seats". Probably not a much different than today where we sit in pretty much the same pew section week after week, thinking that's my bought and paid for seat ! Another great video.
Thanks for all the amazing videos, love the channel. As an American history major I love watching this channel to gain more knowledge on American history. Thanks JD!!
Awesome! Thanks!
Great job JD as always. Thanks for taking us along.👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
Thank you so much for imparting this knowledge for us. I absorb it easier than reading a history book.
Thanks! Glad that you're enjoying the content.
Growing up in Philadelphia, I've only really had an interest in revolutionary history! So happy to see you covering this!!!
Thank you for another beautiful lession. My family came over on the MaryAnne from British hold Rev. Youngs was family and later fought the British. We were young and strong.
I love all of your videos. I wish they had gone in to more detail on the revolutionary War when oil was in school in the 60's. We learned more than they are today. We need to remember what the founding fathers went through to make us a free nation especially in today's time when there are some who want to take it away. Let's not have them have died in vain. Thank you for making history come alive for us.
Many, many years ago I had a teacher who made us memorize the three prong attack the British had planned to stop the revolt. British General Ledger was coming in from the west to Albany NY but was stopped in Oriskaney (NY). Burgoyne was coming south from Ticonderoga to Albany but got stopped at Battle of Saratoga. General Gage was headed North from New York City to Albany but got stopped near Kingston by chains across the Hudson River. Also, The Battle of Bennington happened after the Battle of Saratoga. Forgive me if I have made any mistakes. Did not know about the Old South Meeting House being used as a riding school. Thanks for the lesson.
I live on the west coast and don't do much traveling but one of my bucket lists is to visit Fenway Park and have been so afraid that they would tear it down or make drastic changes to it but hasn't happened as of yet so it's still a possibility but yeah through all of my years the Boston Tea Party has always interest me for some reason maybe just because I have always been a fan of Boston but again never have had the honor and opportunity to visit. Hopefully someday. Thanks again for another great vid. Always enjoy your videos.
I love that city! I definitely feel like this is a forgotten war, yet I find it to be the most fascinating. Thank you for all you to to keep us all educated and interested!
OK, so while watching your videos on the American Revolution, in particular the trips to Concord and Lexington. I realized that I had never seen any photos, or videos of these places in our history. I had seen the drawings of the event in school books and art painted of it, but never had seen it at all. While following your videos on the subject and being 60 years old, I felt transported to the time and the stories you told. I know you probably have little time to read these comments, but its more for the enjoyment of your patrons who visit and watch your clips. You have become one of my favorite UA-camrs! bravo!
Hey KD. Another great video. Just now got the chance to watch. Boston was so important in our becoming an independent nation. So much history. Keep them videos coming
Agreed. Thanks!
Boston is so full of history. I’ve been lucky enough to live in New England and get to enjoy it. I’m so glad you are doing these videos so others get to see what I have been able see and enjoy my whole life. 👍😁
Definitely an area rich in history. Love it over there.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I glad you enjoyed it. It’s so full of history here that you could spend months here and never get to see it all. 👍😁
Really enjoying this adventure your taking us on JD. I haven't seen any of these buildings or site's before. Looking forward to more.
Thanks!
Great Job JD! Thank you for the History Education leading up to the Revolutionary War. Thank you for all you do!
Thanks!
Finally revolutionary war content! 🎉
Finally! Got some more on the way.
So in December of 1773, Americans held a party at Griffin's Wharf in downtown Boston, to celebrate their discovery of how to make decaffeinated tea. I wonder if they served the drink nice & hot to their Tory friends?
Ha!
Fascinating series you’re doing good job!
Appreciate that! Got some more to come.
We need the Sons of Liberty today !!!
The SoL would be labeled as criminals and thrown in jail. The judicial system in the Boston Area was definitely lenient.
Enjoying this series JD. When you consider the odds against the colonist it is quite fascinating the fortitude they had to rebel.
The gravity of Sam Adam's Statement. That statement put into motion things that couldn't be brought back.
Absolutely.
I am always amazed at the open space the craftsman were able to make in such an early time period without the use of cranes and such
Outstanding work JD. Thank's for teaching this in such detail. 👍 👍 👍
My pleasure!
Great Episode!!!
Thanks!
Really interesting video, as always !
Thank you !
Can’t wait to see more videos about US Revolution !
Great job JD! I'm so glad you are covering this time period and look forward to future videos of it!
Thanks! The past few have been a bit sluggish. Hoping that people share these. Definitely an important part of our history.
So good, great job! I can't wait to see more!
Thanks!
Bruton Parish Church in Colonial Williamsburg also has box pews. Well worth a visit if you need to scratch the revolutionary itch. Great video JD.
Definitely do the Boston tea Harbor tour. The actors are top notch and really make the history of that particular protest come alive. the Holograms are wonderful and seeing the only surviving Tea crate and unused vial of
tea is truly fascinating!!
Love your videos. I work around the corner from the meeting house. cool to see this video. There's a great book called "Red Dawn at Lexington" which speaks alot about what Boston was like at that period of time. Apparently every year on "Guy Fawks Day" people from the North and South ends of Boston would drink and celebrate and parade through the city. Frequently the groups ran into one another and riots would break out. My dirty old Boston. My family came here from England in 1635. Great part of the country.
Awesome video J.W .I always learn something interesting watching your videos. Thank you .
Thanks! Glad to hear it.
Great Video love the History of the building and the part it played in shaping this Nation Thank you JD
I use to work at the intercontinental hotel right by the Boston tea party museum and on my lunches I'd walk around that area to take in the history, loved it
Wow, awesome video. Several years ago I took a trip to Boston. It was definitely one of my most favorite trips. I walked the freedom trail, saw Paul Revere's house and the Old North Church. And while there I saw the boxed pews and saw where you could rent a heated brick to keep warm in the winter.. craziness but really cool.
Always fascinating to me that many of our historical buildings have remained to us to visit and get that visceral connection with our past! Even the brass demarcations of where Fort Dearborn stood on the street corner in Chicago hold that Romance of history!
Thanks once again, JD, for bringing us along with you!
Awesome as always - didn't have time to make it to the meeting house when I was there, but I did visit the harbor (and climb the Bunker Hill monument, among other things ). My humble suggestion for a future video - Jamestown. I was there many many years ago, and there wasn't much there, interesting but not much to really see. When I went back (only) many years ago, they had unearthed far more and actually had the layout of the settlement. Super cool.
Blast my busy office! I just now got to finish this.
Excellent video! I really appreciate this Boston series! Revolutionary War is my favorite era, and you’re doing a great job of covering it!
Love that the African American history was included ~we must forever admit our error and teach others to never take that path again! Well done JD!
Ha! Glad that you enjoyed it.
@@TheHistoryUnderground very much do! And I’ll enjoy it again on my lunch break…..
I have 2 ancestors that participated in the Boston Tea Party: Daniel Coolidge and his father, Joseph Coolidge. Daniel was the father of my great-great grandfather's wife, Sally Coolidge.
Since you just did a video on JFK, the house Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy grew up in is like a block away from the Paul Revere house and JFK's childhood home is in Brookline.
Gonna watch now. After 4 minutes. I already know it’s going to be very very interesting. Keep em coming JD. Anything coming up about the history of the American natives?
Thanks! I don't have any plans for Native American content in the immediate future but you never know what may come up.
@@TheHistoryUnderground ok. Too bad. Maybe in the future. We will wait and see 😁
Thank you JD. Nice work 👍🏼😎
Thanks for all the walking tours, and Merry Christmas! I haven’t seen a bad one yet.
Please, please, please do Old Ironsides! The USS Constitution is on my bucket list to see again!
Oh wow! Thank you so much! That really does mean a lot to me.
Glad you are finally tackling the Revolutionary War! You fo such great work!
Im learning so much and to see the locations and buildings too!! Another great series JD!! You do not disappoint Thank YOU for taking us along 👏🏻👏🏻🥳😂💖🫶🏼
Fabulous effort. Thank you Lord for coffee, perish the thought this would happen again.
Awesome videos, keep the revolutionary war videos coming!
Loving this series!
Thanks! Glad that you're enjoying it!
Great presentation! Thanks
Thanks!
Another great video JD! Always found it interesting that they dressed as Native Americans because at the time they represented “freedom” or “independence”
Yeah, I've found that interesting as well.
Blame it on the indig.
@@Chiller01 - That was not the intent.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Ah a mild rebuke……. but it got me to wondering. First place I went was the Boston Tea Party Historical Society which has an article that makes it clear that the participants had the afternoon to create their disguises and the Mohawk disguises they created were intentional. A second article points out that the Mohawk disguise was used more than once by the Sons of Liberty. The first use of the Mohawk disguise was the burning of the British ship Gaspee. So what I’m reading indicates the Indian costumes were more than just something to disguise the participants identities, though that was an important function. The participants rubbed their faces with coal dust and ochre pigment and said that they were unidentifiable even to one another except by their voices. We’re the disguises meant to shift blame to the Mohawk people? Tim Giago in Native Sun News says the Mohawk had every right to fear they would be blamed for the incident. A group of converted Christian natives had recently been herded into a church by a vigilante group of white colonists and the church set alight. The innocent natives were burned to death in retaliation for a raid perpetrated by an entirely different native band. So where am I at on this? Well I’m still reading some first hand accounts and there ‘s a book, Playing Indian by Philip Deloria, that is quoted multiple times so I’ll search for that. At present I don’t think the colonists meant to implicate the Mohawk Nation but their choice of disguise was more purposeful than just concealing their identity. Would the Mohawk rather they choose a different disguise? I’m thinking yes.
@@Chiller01 Their disguises were symbolic and were somewhat meant to hid their identity but nobody was actually thinking Native Americans did this.
I’m so happy to finally come across this video on this channel! Im from the Boston area! I hope to see a video with Concord and Lexington. Patriots Day weekend is the time to go! All the re-enactments are amazing. Love the channel bro!
Also the box pews are around in Christ Church in Philadelphia- still have the ones rented out by George Washington, Ben Franklin, and others!!
WE are a young Nation among the Worlds Nations; you do a great service to our Nation telling the history good and bad thus far. May our Republic always be that shining beacon on the Hill. Freedom is many things to many people but for me it begins with learning about others and thinking of others before ourselves- the mark of good citizenship. History taught with love of the subject has no better example than what you do here Sir.
If you have ancestry that goes back to colonial times ,it's a wonder avenue in which to learn history. Especially the Revolutionary War 👍
I just absolutely love Boston, especially for all of the history ... very interesting stuff. Thanks for making this video, very interesting stuff.
I don’t know a lot about the revolutionary war, but I love the video game Fallout 4, which is set in Boston and the surrounding areas. Seeing all these things is amazing. They really included so much detail in the game. Awesome video.
That was fascinating. Thanks so much!
Thanks for this coverage. The tea party was yet another preparation toward, and could arguably be included in the American Revolution. Many a series of events lead up to April 19, 1775.
Just found out after some digging into my genealogy that I’m a descendent of Richard Penhollow who was reportedly one of the disguised men at the Boston tea party.
Wow!
Great video. I sure hope you're planning to also cover Lexington and Concord too...
On the way :)
Loving these early American history vids!! Keep ‘em coming! 👍🏻😀
Glad you like them!
Thank you for your history lessons. I try to find them all.
The skyline has definitely changed when I was little while going into Boston to pickup the grandfather for Sunday dinner I asked her what was the building that was taller than all the other buildings it was the John Hancock building it was a dome building simular to the capital so it has changed tremendously in the last 65 years.
Wow!
So, do the British not have anyone who is at these meetings at the time? I feel like they would have done something from suspecting any sort of revolutionary talk at these meetings.
I really appreciate this video when the ones you do in Philadelphia and in Pennsylvania. Having lived in Pennsylvania and my family has been here since 1639, revolution I guess is in my blood! It is always been one of my favorite areas in history to study. With regard to the pews in the church, it probably is a carryover from Great Britain the renting of the pews. Many of the wealthier people in Great Britain could buy their pews and pass them on his personal property to whomever they wished. Mostly it was a family parish where everyone including me Gentry often buried their family members who were deceased. It was a great thing! I wish now that we had something similar, where people could say my grandmother intended that church and I attend that church and I remember my grandmother telling me.. it is a shame but that has become something of anachronism. I am however appalled and disgusted with the British troops who would turn that beautiful building a house of God consecrated to glorify God and spread the gospel into a riding Hall. That is nearly as blasphemous as you can get! If I were to go to Great Britain, I would not in any way assume to worry about anything in the church other than worship. If you want respect you must give respect! Thank you JD
You bring to life this era!
My ancestor, Peleg Clarke was the captain of a ship that was in the harbor that night and witnessed the event. I understand that his written testimony at the inquiry still exists.
At what point in History did Coffee replace Tea as the drink of choice for Americans?
I've heard that but need to dig into it a bit more.
After they dumped it in the harbor?
Thank you for another great video!! 👍🏻😊
Excellent job JD, Breeds Hill btw.
Curious did you go anywhere else In MA? You mentioned something during your visit to the Punchbowl IRT remains being identified, the answer “may” lie just to the south on Cape Cod.
I look forward to your videos, Thankyou
Excellent work JD. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mock your pronunciation of Concord. The good ole Boston accent doesn’t place any emphasis on the letter n in the word Concord, it’s sounds more like conquered when we say it.
I pahk my cah in Harvahd Yahd and I go to the bah to drink a beah.
Translation
I park my car in Harvard Yard and I go to the bar to drink a beer.
Look forward to another episode from Boston soon because I know you couldn’t pass up the opportunity see the USS Constitution. I do hope you visited some of the Revolutionary War era graveyards too.
Love your videos 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Appreciate that.
Great video JD 👍 Not exactly trying to win the locals over by desecrating their church and tuning it into a riding school 🤔 I've been to Mariners' Church in Detroit and they have box pews, although I don't believe they had doors on the aisle. I thought it was a bit different as well 😉
"Beantown Pub- the only place in the world that you can have a cold Sam Adams while looking at a cold Sam Adams!"
(Beantown Pub is right across from the Old Granary Burial Ground where Sam Adams is interred!)
Ha!
Fine job, J.D. red-blooded.
Awesome presentation!
JD Rick Atkinson has a fairly new book The British Are Coming! I think it is very well done, it is the first of a trilogy hope you can have the time to read up on Boston's story
Excellent book. Can’t wait for the other two.
Thank you for the History lesson, which I found very interesting
Glad you enjoyed it
Sounds familiar? Just modern day. Our temperature keeps getting a little warmer and a little warmer as time goes.