How did tea and taxes spark a revolution? :
by Gondosch, Linda
Series: Six questions of American history Published by : Lerner Publications, (Minneapolis :) Physical details: 48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm. ISBN:9781580136662 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper); 1580136664 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper). Year: 2011| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| j 900 - 999 | Book Cart | j973.3115 Gon (Browse shelf) | Available | 96852 |
Introduction -- No taxation without representation -- Redcoats in boston -- Tea and taxation -- Saltwater tea -- Paying the fiddler -- Writing exercise.
On a cold evening in December 1773, a group of men climbed aboard three ships docked in Boston Harbor. Armed with hatchets, the men began breaking into the ships’ valuable cargo―342 crates of tea. They dumped the tea into the black water of the harbor and then marched back home through the city streets. This “Boston Tea Party” was a bold act of protest by American colonists against British rule. It pushed the colonies and Great Britain a step closer to war. But who were these protestors? Why would they risk angering the powerful British government? And how did the British respond? Discover the facts about the Boston Tea Party and the colonists’ struggle for independent rule.
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