The+Boston+Tea+Party

British soldiers came to Massachusetts to enforce the Townshed Acts- a tax on glass, sugar, lead, paper, wood, fabric, and tea.

After the Boston Massacre all of these taxes were repealed... except for one.

Which tax do you think survived? THE TEA TAX

How much was the tax on tea? 3 cents per pound John Hancock- Rich > sold (smuggled) Dutch tea- it was better (Chinese tea). CHEAP/ tastes better <<< Becomes ilegal (King George III) British East India Company (Indian Tea). EXPENSIVE/ crappy

Summary: There were two types of tea being sold in the colonies, one tasted better and was cheaper and the other was expensive. King george the

"Boston Tea Party" =__ I See> __ __It Means__ =
 * 2 docked ships > The Boston Tea party had something to do with ships...
 * many colonists crowding the dock waving their hats in the air towards the ships > They are either really happy or really furious about what's going on in on the ships
 * Indians or people dressed as Indians> Probably because the colonists were being forced to drink crappy indian tea
 * "Indians" throwing crates off the ship> probably crates of tea. colonists refuse to pay the tax on that crappy tea so they throw it all away
 * one indian instructing/ leading the rest> this was well planned out..

"Tarring and feathering cartoon"

= __I See>____It Means__ =
 * Liberty tree > In boston
 * People dumping tea in the background > Same day as the Boston Tea party
 * Colonists tarring and feathering a man> The man is probably British or a tax comissioner> punishment for tea act
 * All the colonists smiling> Their getting joy out of that man's pain^^^
 * Colonists pouring (forcing) tea into the mans mouth> thinking "YOU DRINK THIS NASTY STUFF B*$%#!" haha..

What was similar and different between each picture? >Both pictures showed the dumping of tea into the Boston harbor, there was at least one ship in each picture, and there was colonists in each picture. What was different about the two pictures was that first of all, the picture about tarring and feathering was in black and white and the other was not. Another thing that was different about the pictures was that in the Boston Tea party picture there were no british soldiers or tax commisoners, unlike in the tarring and feathering picure where the tax commisioner was the main focus.

What was the artist's point of view in each picture? Justify your answer with evidence! > The artist of "The Boston Tea party"'s point of view was that the colonists were doing the right thing by dumping the tea into the harbor because in this picture everyone seemed happy and excited about what was going what was going on and there were no British people in the picture fighting back, which means the artist was probably on the colonist's side. > The artist of "Tarring and feathering cartoon"'s point of view was that the colonists were evil. I say this because in this picture it shows the conists torturing the tax commisioner, which makes them look like aful people; even though it's possible that's what realy happened. Moreover, the artist of this piece saw the clonists as ad people for taking these actions.

George Robert Twelves Hewes Account of Tea Party
1. The meting that was heled by the colonists in the old South Meeting House on December 17th, 1773 convened what woul be done to prevent the landing of the tea, or secure the people from the collection of the duty. 2. I think the commander requested no damage to the ship so they could prove that only thing they were after and the only thing they were REALLY upset about was the tea 3. The duty the "Indians" were performing was giving the colonists their voice. What i mean by this is all of the colonists were upset about the tea act but had not done anything, so by dumping the tea into the harbor the indians were speaking up for the colonists. The country they were serving was america, the 13 colonies in particular. 4. I think that the signifigance of the colonists dressing up as Indians was that the reason why the colonists were mad was because the had to pay tax on indian tea that was crappy, so they dressed up as indians to make the inidians look like bad people rather than the colonists, because the indians have bad tea.. 5. What made the boston tea party different from any other colonial protests was the fact that the British did not fight back, it was just the colonists making commotion.