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1760s: Intertitle. Silhouette of men on ship deck.

1760s · ID: row-974

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Boston, Massachusetts 1760s: Silent film intertitles describe a mass meeting at the South Meeting House that forces Governor Hutchinson to remove British troops, with two soldiers later convicted of manslaughter. A subsequent intertitle explains that four years later, taxes had been removed from all commodities except tea, and colonists refused to allow the tea ships' cargoes to be landed. The final frame shows a silhouetted scene of men working aboard a ship's rigging and deck, evoking the tea ships central to the unfolding conflict.

Subjects: 1700s 18th century 1920s production american revolution apparel archival footage black and white boston massacre boston tea party british troops cargo ship colonial america colonists colony costume crew dramatization governor hutchinson harbor historical narrative historical reenactment history intertitle manslaughter conviction maritime mass meeting mast political unrest protest revolutionary era rigging ropes sailors shadow figures ship deck silent film silhouette south meeting house taxation tea ships tea tax