Tea

carried 500,000 pounds of tea from the East India Company to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charles Town. The citizens didn't want the tea to come, thinking that it would kill the American profits and get everyone one out of business. The Sons of Liberty made plans to stop the tea. In Boston, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians, and boarded the ships filled with tea. They tipped the 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. This raid was known as the "Boston Tea Party". This protest…

The event sparked off the passing of legislative measures that were aimed at ending the commerce of Boston once and for all. Soon, the Boston Harbor closed, and my tea trade was no good to anyone. Soon, I found myself more intrigued towards the objectives of the Patriots even though I did feel numerous times that I had no choice regarding the same. 6.1 to understand what these individuals were after, I joined one…

The tax placed on tea by the British was a way to help the East India tea company, and it was politically significant. The Americans, at the time, had just had the Townshend acts repealed on common items such as glass, paper, and etc. however they were not satisfied until all taxes had been removed. This tax was barely anything for an average American. The Englishman who had maybe half an acre of land was not generating much revenue yet he or she willingly paid taxes of 50% of their profit. The…

Tea is a hot drink made by infusing crushed dried leaves from a tea-plant. The English word “tea” comes from the Chinese word “te” (pronounced as “tay”) which means tea (Marcus, 2016). In the History of Tea article, it is said that “tea” has been with us since 2700 B.C. When China’s mythical emperor Shennong lived, he had tasted all of the herbs known to man including tea leaves, he was regarded as the father of Chinese medicine. Even though many people prepare tea differently it seems that a…

Chapter Five The Boston Tea Party: The Boston Tea Party was one of the biggest protests ever to have been done. Samuel Adams leading it, he got the sons of Liberty to dress like indians, board ships carrying many chests of tea and dumped them into the water. 342 chests of tea turned the water of the harbor to brown, making this one of the biggest protests ever. That tea was worth thousands, maybe even millions of dollars. This protest was stopped…

the Chinese tea that was imported from Great Britain and heaved the tea off the Boston harbor. This historical event in history is now known as the Boston Tea Party. There were over 100 people who participated, but the main leaders were the Sons of Liberty. However, there is one question: Why did the patriots reject the tea? Many factors caused the Boston Tea Party, including “no taxation without representation”, the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act, and the 1773 Tea Act. On the day of the tea…

Who is a Tea Partier? Surrounded by the silence of a cool winter night, three ships nestled within the peaceful, warming waters of Boston Harbor. All at once, with a sudden shriek, the serenity that encompassed the harbor had all but shattered as colonists dressed in Indian garb marched onto and seized three British ships. Under the warlike, fiery gaze of the constellation Orion, the disguised colonists, determined in their resolve, dumped 342 crates of Britain’s finest tea in the bottomless…

Intro Splash! The crates of tea sink into the Boston Harbour one by one. Crazy looking colonists are flushing Britain's money down the toilet. This event was the colonist’s last straw and it was very important to the birth of our new country. Get ready to learn about who was involved, where it was, when it was, what it was, why it happened, and the effects. Who & What Obviously, this is the Boston Tea Party! At the Boston tea party 150 people boarded the ships. None of which were women…

The Boston Tea Party was quite an event in American History, it was a very powerful sense of rebellion. Today I will be discussing different viewpoints of this event from five different people. With its major impact it had, people have quite a lot to say about this action of resistance. I will be discussing sources from the textbook, America: A Narrative History, online sources and RCC Library sources. I shall discuss arguments, summarize articles, and determine if an article is biased or…

Tiffany tea service:Teapot,Sugar Bowl,Milk Pot was designed by Edward C.Moore and made by Tiffany & Company during 1866-67.These three tea sets are made in silver with gilt decoration; ivory.At the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle,Tiffany’s display received the first-ever medal awarded to an Anmerican silver manufacturer.The design was inspired by the non-western art.The figure of the teapot looks like mosque style architecture, visible minarets that closely identified with mosques and the tea…