What Was the Boston Tea Party?

There is a lot to like in this book.Not only is it a solid introduction to, and account of, the Boston Tea Party, but it does a wonderful job of putting it in context. Not only do you come put of this with an understanding of why the Boston Tea Party happened, but also how it fed into events that followed.Prior to the Stamp Act, the 13 colonies were highly independent from one another. This was an issue they could agree on. After the Boston Tea Party the colonies drew together more and more, in part because they were effected by the same taxes and issues, partly because they understood that the way England was treating Boston/Massachusetts and responding to the Tea Party could just as easily happen to them.

basic book and has been a good read.

I learned about the Boston Tea Party in elementary school many years ago. Now I only remember that a bunch of people in Boston got mad at the British and dumped a lot of tea in the Boston harbor.In "What Was the Boston Tea Party?" one can almost hear the drumbeat of events starting at the end of the French and Indian War and leading to the Boston Tea Party. To begin with, the British, who had never levied direct taxes against the colonists, demanded the colonists pay for the French and Indian war and levied the Stamp Tax to collect payment. As soon as the Stamp Tax ended, due to universal protest among the colonists, the Townshend Acts passed. In order to keep the colonists in line, British troops were sent to Boston. However, this only enraged the colonists further. British troops had previously only been used to protect the colonists, not police them. One event like this followed another. Kathleen Krull makes clear, by marching through each of these events, that the Boston Tea Party was inevitable. And the Boston Tea Party was, she says "one of the most powerful protests ever, rocking the world and in time leading to the birth of a whole new country."I thought the Boston Tea Party was a chaotic event. Not so! It was very well planned and well-orchestrated and it was quiet. It was also a nonviolent event and is thus significant to the nonviolent political movements that followed.The book spends a bit of time after the Boston Tea Party explaining the events between the tea party, in 1773, and the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1775.In the middle of the book there are 16 pages of photographs and photos of paintings including portraits of leaders of the Revolutionary War and pictures that record well known events such as an engraving by Paul Revere of the Boston Massacre.The illustrations are pen and ink with details that add to the story.In the back of the book there is a timeline of the Boston Tea Party as well as a timeline of the world. There is a bibliography which includes both books and websites. Unfortunately, there is no index.I am so glad to know the context of the Boston Tea Party. It enhances my appreciation of the generation of Americans that included our founding fathers.

Bought to donate one and gift one. Having visited the Boston Tea Party ship this fall, the history was accurate and well presented with drawings and text and inset boxes. It was also recommended to me by a very savvy children's librarian.

Affectionately referred to by Pam, our town librarian, as the "Big Head Books," this series profiles both people "Who Was ...?" and events "What Was ...?" in a 100-page, illustrated, pocket-sized paperback. Each cover features a character with an enormous head upon a little body - basically a caricature-style drawing that makes the book approachable to the target age range of 8-12 years.The tales of biography and events spring to life in these distinctive, clever, yet historical tomes which are a cross between chapter books and graphic novels. They are expertly written and feature sidebar pages of maps and "did you know" blurbs.Each page has an easily digestible 100 words with an average of 10 chapters per book and includes a timeline and a bibliography at the back. Confident readers will enjoy the easy-to-read format and interesting range of personalities - from  Queen Elizabeth  to  Barack Obama  - and historical events - from the Boston Tea Party to the  March on Washington . Early or struggling readers will appreciate the fact that they don't look like chapter books and are amply illustrated.These books deserve their 5-star rating. Highly recommend any number of books in the "Who" or "What" series. Even adult readers will find them an enjoyable history lesson.

My son has loved these books since he was 9. He’s 11 now and just read the Boston Tea Party one in one evening. If you have a kid that loves history or you want them to learn history these are a great resource and super inexpensive.

My grandson loved this book, he had to do a report on something that happened in history, and thenread it in class, He got an A.

Great book!! This is a wonderful way to teach kids about history

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意外にも子供が一生懸命読んでいました。歴史に興味を持ったようで良かったです。