Understanding the Colonial American Tea Trade

While reading Benjamin Carp’s terrific new book, Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party & The Making of America, I yearned for a supplemental reference guide to help me visualize the stages of the colonial American tea trade before and after the Tea Act of 1773.  This past weekend, I reached out to @bencarp on Twitter and we quickly collaborated to create the following reference guide.  Carp provided the content while I provided the design.  Pick up your copy of Carp’s Boston Tea Party book today and download a print-ready, high-resolution version of the 18th century tea trade guide by clicking the image below or clicking here.  Design geeks will appreciate the fact that the typeface used in this reference guide is Caslon, the same typeface 18th century printers all across Europe and the American colonies used to print books, newspapers and pamphlets.