On this day 250 years ago, the people of Concord, Massachusetts held a town meeting to draft a response to a letter from the Boston Committee of Correspondence. The Boston Committee asked the people of Concord to resist the Tea Act “in a most zealous and determined manner” and “not to consume any tea in our respective families – and if agreed to – then to see if the town will adjudge those who will afterwards sell or use any tea in their families as enemies to their country…”
On January 10 this year the NPS is inviting the people of Concord to participate in a town meeting to reenact this town meeting.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=491BE61E-C750-5FDC-5D377EB80931F102
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3 responses to “On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — January 10, 1774”
I wonder if any studies have ever been done to see if this had an impact on the current use (or non-use) of hot tea drinking in America?
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Hi Ron, I don’t know of any empirical studies, but I have read much speculation that America’s shift to coffee as the morning drink of choice stemmed from the tea boycott.
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I’ve wondered the same thing. It’s very difficult to trace such events but some habits in speech and music can often be traced back. It makes sense that the tea boycott would have a major impact on Americans.
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