In December 1773, three British ships, carrying tea from China, docked at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston. The crates of tea were sent to the Colonies by the British East India Company. Governor Thomas Hutchison ordered the tea tax be paid and the tea be unloaded. The Colonists refused.
The British Empire, deep in debt, saw the Colonies as a cash cow. However, Colonists argued that since they were not represented in Parliament, taxes could not be levied against them. Hence the phrase, no taxation without representation.
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So on the 16th of December, Samuel Adams led the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians, to Griffin’s Wharf to dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. It took almost 100 Colonists nearly three hours to dump over 90,000 pounds of tea. The value of that tea is around $1 million in today’s money. The political insurrection 250 years ago […]
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