DECEMBER 16: BOSTON TEA PARTY (1773)

Today is the 238th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

On this day in 1773, colonists angry at British officials for refusing to return taxed tea back to Britain boarded three ships, throwing the entire shipload of tea into the Boston Harbor. 

This History Detectives episode explores how some mysterious scrawled notes in the margins of a 1775 almanac tell a family’s story of the Revolution.

The scrawled notes give host Elyse Luray a rare, intimate insight into how conflicting loyalties may have strained personal relationships during the Revolution.

DECEMBER 15: THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS RATIFIED (1791) On this day in 1791, Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights, allowing the United States Congress to add ten amendments to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights guaranteed for the first time individual rights. Among them are freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly. The above image is part of the site for the PBS program “Liberty!” in which newspaper chronicles let you experience first-hand the excitement and uncertainty of the American Revolution as it happened.  Test your knowledge on the American Revolution, and see if you can navigate your way to independence with the Road to Revolution game.                         
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DECEMBER 15: THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS RATIFIED (1791)

On this day in 1791, Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights, allowing the United States Congress to add ten amendments to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights guaranteed for the first time individual rights. Among them are freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly.

The above image is part of the site for the PBS program “Liberty!” in which newspaper chronicles let you experience first-hand the excitement and uncertainty of the American Revolution as it happened. 

Test your knowledge on the American Revolution, and see if you can navigate your way to independence with the Road to Revolution game. 

                       Liberty Game