The Tea Party Ships Brig Beaver and the Eleanor
By Lew Corcoran, Real Estate Agent, Home Stager, & Photographer
(Better Living Real Estate, LLC)
The Tea Party Ships Brig Beaver and the Eleanor are two of the three ships that were involved in the Boston Tea Party, a historic event that took place on December 16, 1773. The colonists, disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded the ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor, as a protest against the British tea tax. This act of defiance was one of the catalysts for the American Revolution.The Brig Beaver and the Eleanor were both merchant vessels that carried various goods between England and America. They were owned by different merchants, but they both had similar features and dimensions. They were about 80 feet long, 25 feet wide, and had two masts and square sails. They could carry about 200 tons of cargo.Today, you can visit replicas of these ships at the Boston Tea Pa...
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