By exploring historical accounts of events surrounding the Boston Tea Party, young scholars learn about the sources and methods historians use to reconstruct what happened in the past. It includes extended websites for further research.

In 1770 five citizens of Boston were killed when British soldiers fired into a group of people who had been throwing things at the soldiers. The soldiers were put on trial. A chronology, historical documents, primary source materials,...

Provides a detailed overview of the events surrounding the Boston Massacre in 1770 and resulting trial. Includes a list of supporting documents and great resources for teachers.

Discover a detailed account of the dramatic protest known as "The Boston Tea Party", one of the key events that led to the Revolutionary War. Supported by primary source documents.

The Boston National Historical Park describes the British abandonment of Boston during the American Revolution.

Images of American buildings, including houses, churches, and public buildings from the seventeenth century through the twenthieth century taken by Dr. Jeffery Howe, a professor at Boston College. The table of contents groups images by...

The year 1919 was a year of strikes all across America. Read about the Boston police force's attempts to unionize in order to improve wages and working conditions. The disastrous results were attributed partly to ethnic prejudice, partly...

This site from the University of Groningen provides first hand account of Boston Massacre. Gives background information leading to this event.

This primary source set allows you to explore the Boston Tea Party through photographs, cartoons, letters, and oral histories. Includes a teaching guide.

This article details information surrounding the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

In a feature titled "Today in History," the Library of Congress explores the Boston Massacre. The events of March 5, 1770 are discussed alongside paintings and engravings from the library's collection.

Kids learn about the Boston Tea Party major event in the American Revolutionary War on this site.

A discussion of the plan behind the siege of Boston by American troops from June 1775 to March 1776 when the British abandoned Boston.

This resource provides a short account of the Boston Massacre. Includes the famous engraving done by Paul Revere. Be sure to click on the hyperlinks to access the primary sources about the event.

The MFA's collection of Native American art traces its origins to the 1870s, when the Museum opened to the public. Includes Navajo weavings, Zuni Pueblo pottery, and Plains beadwork. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.

Great interactive baseball game that combines your knowledge of economics and pro sports trivia. After completing the nine innings, you should have a better understanding of how economics is used in everyday life.

Read the decision of this landmark Supreme Court decision involving the 1917 Espionage Act Schenck v. United States (1919).

A brief synopsis of the Boston Massacre includes a newspaper clipping reporting the event.

Uncover what happened the night of the Boston Tea Party in 1773 where a large meeting was held in the Old South Meeting House to decide how to handle the duty taxes being put on tea by the British.

The text of John Hancock's speech delivered on March 5, 1774, the fourth anniversary of the Boston Massacre of Colonists by British soldiers.

A short biographical sketch of one of the leading American theologians of the 20th century focusing on the use of his prayer known as "the Serenity Prayer".

A professor's lecture on the Velvet revolution of 1989 in Czechoslovakia and the intellectuals' part in it.

Discover why the effects of gravity are different in different parts of our solar system.

Children practice experimenting, measuring, isolating variables, and more while making their own little craters.