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In Hewes's Memoir, he mentions that he turned a man in for trying to take tea for his own during the Boston Tea Party. Were there any groundrules established beforehand that said that they couldn't do this? And if the point of the Tea Party was to oppose the tax on tea, why wouldn't stealing tea be fair game in this opposition?- Jake Guralnik | In Hewes's Memoir, he mentions that he turned a man in for trying to take tea for his own during the Boston Tea Party. Were there any groundrules established beforehand that said that they couldn't do this? And if the point of the Tea Party was to oppose the tax on tea, why wouldn't stealing tea be fair game in this opposition?- Jake Guralnik | ||
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| + | In the "Boston Massacre Oration" it started me thinking about the past art I'd studied about the Boston Massacre and how the Americans had portrayed the British as ominous and dominating as they emerged from billowing smoke, and the Americans as a rag tag innocent group trying to flee from them. Like the print, the piece made me realize just how twisted a view the colonists had on British ruling and just how much that has influenced our current view on colonial rule. ( image is here if you’re interested http://chnm.gmu.edu/exploring/images/massacre2a.jpg ) | ||
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| + | I was wondering about why British soldiers were treated so poorly despite the promises made to them for enlisting etc.... as well. Was it because of financial debt Britain had remaining from the French and Indian war? Because they lost? What were the reasons? | ||
| + | -Kathleen Dray | ||
