Jane Cook

Jane Hampton Cook is the author of Stories of Faith and Courage from the Revolutionary War and The Faith of America’s First Ladies.

You can visit her website at janecook.com.

Savoring the Original Boston Tea Party

Posted April 13, 2009

How do the American tea parties of today compare with the original Boston Tea Party? The scale is far different but the substance isn’t far off. Bitterness over the dastardly tea tax led to the Boston Tea Party of 1773.

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