https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0 By Hope Desrosiers, Aidan Leach, Madison Finnegan en-us 2018-02-15 13:12:42 UTC 2024-10-14 09:52:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/231877170 The tea tax would bring in money for the king.
It would also help the British East India Company get rid of 17 million pounds of excess tea in their warehouse and thereby avoid bankruptcy.]]> 2018-02-15 13:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/231877170 desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/231886202 This is a crate that contained tea that was thrown off of a boat into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party.]]> 2018-02-15 13:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/231886202 desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232360284 This is a glass bottle of tea leaves found on the shore of Dorchester Neck the morning of December 17 1773 the day after the Boston Tea Party.]]> 2018-02-16 15:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232360284 desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232366433 What are the reason the British created the tea tax?]]> 2018-02-16 15:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232366433 desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232367396 How did the Colonists feel about The Tea Act?]]> 2018-02-16 15:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232367396 desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232369152 How much tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor?]]> 2018-02-16 15:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232369152 desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232372806 This document is a copy of The Tea Act of 1773.]]> 2018-02-16 15:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232372806 desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232381087 2018-02-16 15:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/232381087 desrosiers_hope https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/235441929 Ever since the Tea Act was passed in 1773, hostilities had been nearing the boiling point. The colonists did not appreciate the British East India Company being given a monopoly, or an exclusive right, to sell their tea in America. Furthermore, the tax on the tea was as disagreeable as any that England had imposed over the past decade. ]]> 2018-02-26 16:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/235441929 finnegan_madison https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/235803301 Video explaining our exhibit ]]> 2018-02-27 11:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/desrosiers_hope/sbl83sr4j0b0/wish/235803301