Moving from the colonial era which weve been talking about into talking about the praeli in any way to the revolution, the tensions that come out of the colonial wars more than the colonial wars. And so this is a sort of transition class period. Were going be spending the next several weeks talking about the revolution, the. Justifications for it, the actual fighting in the wake of it. What do we do having all this freedom and not knowing how to set up a democracy . So well be going that direction. Weve just covered the founding of jamestown in massachusetts in the middle colonies. And last time we were talking about how diverse the colonies were getting not just british, but different people, how much more population, how much were growing, how the economy was booming, and how the great awakening was both dividing. Colonies one from another, or rather people within, the colonies one from the another, but also providing a common experience right . This is where weve come from. Where we
You, emily. Thanks emily. And thank you all you for being here with us this evening at old south meeting house. So just a few days from now, on saturday, we will be marking 250 years since a very important meeting happened in this space. But we still use the space to convene people in dialog about history, about its legacies, about how it relates to the challenges that we face our country today in our democracy. And im so delighted to be here with you to share this program, this conversation with, you. So our program tonight is about dr. James fichter, his new book, tea consumption, politics and revolution. 1773 to 1776. And were just really delighted that he chose to be with us as part of a tour of different places that he has been on the last several weeks to talk about this new book and a beautiful book. It is as well. So this lovely book reveals a dimension to the Boston Tea Party by exploring a story largely overlooked for the last 250 years, the fate of two large shipments of eas
Years since a very important meeting happened in this space. But we still use the space to convene people in dialog about history, about its legacies, about how it relates to the challenges that we face our country today in our democracy. And im so delighted to be here with you to share this program, this conversation with, you. So our program tonight is about dr. James fichter, his new book, tea consumption, politics and revolution. 1773 to 1776. And were just really delighted that he chose to be with us as part of a tour of different places that he has been on the last several weeks to talk about this new book and a beautiful book. It is as well. So this lovely book reveals a dimension to the Boston Tea Party by exploring a story largely overlooked for the last 250 years, the fate of two large shipments of east India Company tea that survived and were drunk in north america were not tossed into the harbor on that fateful night of december 16, 1773. So dr. Viktors book challenges the
Thanks emily. And thank you all you for being here with us this evening at old south meeting house. So just a few days from now, on saturday, we will be marking 250 years since a very important meeting happened in this space. But we still use the space to convene people in dialog about history, about its legacies, about how it relates to the challenges that we face our country today in our democracy. And im so delighted to be here with you to share this program, this conversation with, you. So our program tonight is about dr. James fichter, his new book, tea consumption, politics and revolution. 1773 to 1776. And were just really delighted that he chose to be with us as part of a tour of different places that he has been on the last several weeks to talk about this new book and a beautiful book. It is as well. So this lovely book reveals a dimension to the Boston Tea Party by exploring a story largely overlooked for the last 250 years, the fate of two large shipments of east India Comp
Thanks emily. And thank you all you for being here with us this evening at old south meeting house. So just a few days from now, on saturday, we will be marking 250 years since a very important meeting happened in this space. But we still use the space to convene people in dialog about history, about its legacies, about how it relates to the challenges that we face our country today in our democracy. And im so delighted to be here with you to share this program, this conversation with, you. So our program tonight is about dr. James fichter, his new book, tea consumption, politics and revolution. 1773 to 1776. And were just really delighted that he chose to be with us as part of a tour of different places that he has been on the last several weeks to talk about this new book and a beautiful book. It is as well. So this lovely book reveals a dimension to the Boston Tea Party by exploring a story largely overlooked for the last 250 years, the fate of two large shipments of east India Comp