4: "Boston Harbor A Tea-Pot This Night:" The Boston Tea Party
"We have only been making a little salt-water tea." This is the story of the Boston Tea Party. The East India Company and the needs of the global British Empire are intertwined, and Parliament wants the American colonies to help foot the bill by drinking the company's tea. The East India Company sends its tea to America on seven ships. Four head to Boston. Three will make it. To be clear: the ships make it. The tea won't. This Second Edition episode is a rewritten, rerecorded and remastered version of the original episode that aired October 16, 2017. Head to HTDSpodcast.com to find out how to listen to the original. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
