The Boston Tea Party
I WANT CRUMPETS! Okay, for those that do not know, crumpets are a delightfully delicious pastry often eaten at teatime. But, we arn't talking about that kind of tea party. We're talking about the kind that throws 324 chests of tea off a boat. Yep! It was another one of those attemps to rebel against the Governent and their unfair taxes. Lord North must've been reeeeaaaalllllyyyy angry. Mostly because he was losing money. So he couldn't buy his fish'n chips.
Well, the East India Company had 17 million pounds of tea sitting in British warehouses. Well, the company decided to say:
"Hey, lets implement a Tea Act that will let us sell to the colonies cheaper, and let us have a monopoly!"
(Okay, maybe not exactly like that, but you get the picture.)
Well, the businesses were afriad of more monopolies. Poor buisnesses and merchants. Well, the sudden price decrease didn't fool the Patriots. Even though the tea was then cheaper then the smuggled Dutch tea, there was still a tax. That tax cause the incident known as the Boston Tea Party, when 50 men boarded three ships dressed as Mohawk indians. Now, let's here a word from our guest speaker:
John Adams: Well, this act will have dire... consenwuences I must say. As it was bold, daring and rather rude. Oh, and one question for you: if I'm the good guy, and my cousin Sam is the bad guy, why is HIS NAME MORE FAMOUS THEN MINE?! I mean, he's got his name on a bottle!
Well, thats marketing John. Besides, your dead. Now, lets move on to the next topic, shall we?
Well, the East India Company had 17 million pounds of tea sitting in British warehouses. Well, the company decided to say:
"Hey, lets implement a Tea Act that will let us sell to the colonies cheaper, and let us have a monopoly!"
(Okay, maybe not exactly like that, but you get the picture.)
Well, the businesses were afriad of more monopolies. Poor buisnesses and merchants. Well, the sudden price decrease didn't fool the Patriots. Even though the tea was then cheaper then the smuggled Dutch tea, there was still a tax. That tax cause the incident known as the Boston Tea Party, when 50 men boarded three ships dressed as Mohawk indians. Now, let's here a word from our guest speaker:
John Adams: Well, this act will have dire... consenwuences I must say. As it was bold, daring and rather rude. Oh, and one question for you: if I'm the good guy, and my cousin Sam is the bad guy, why is HIS NAME MORE FAMOUS THEN MINE?! I mean, he's got his name on a bottle!
Well, thats marketing John. Besides, your dead. Now, lets move on to the next topic, shall we?
posted by Lexi Lou at
5:59 PM
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