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The History Place

The History Place: Boston Tea Party: Eyewitness Account by a Participant

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a colonist's actual account of the boarding and dumping of the tea into the Boston Harbor on December 17,1773.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate in Early Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
Several examples of pots for coffee, tea, and chocolate from the colonial period. Learn how Americans adopted the practice of drinking coffee and tea, and how this practice affected society, daily life, and the decorative art created by...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Boycotting Baubles of Britain

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A great lesson plan that examines the role consumer boycotts of British goods in colonial America had in the run-up to the Revolutionary War. Find learning objectives, lesson activities, and assessment options.