Jamie Said:

what was the cost of tea in 1773?

We Answered:

1 pound of tobacco leaves?

Even though tea was very expensive a pound cost more than a week's wages; the consumption of tea began to grow among both the rich and the poor. By the middle of the century tea had become England's most popular drink. In 1705 consumption of tea was approximately 800,000 pounds a year. By 1781 it had grown to over 4,000,000 pounds per year. This was partially a result of a dramatic decrease in the taxes on tea.

Now, a weeks wage was: (read on...)The Continental Congress starts a national lottery to raise money for the Continental Army. Congress borrows $5 million October 3 to halt the rapid depreciation of paper money; Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls December 31, limiting pay to 70¢ per day for carpenters, 42¢ for tailors.

Sharon Said:

When was the Boston Tea Party?

We Answered:

december 16th 1773...

Monica Said:

Boston tea party challenge !?

We Answered:

1.why did they dress like Indians?

In order to try to fit in and sometimes to trick others

2.what did the coercive acts do?

forced them to pay taxes against their will and stay in line with the king

3.why did king george the 3 taxed them.

he wanted money

4.what did the townshed act do? gave the king part ownership over the settlers stuff

5.what did the Tea act of 1773 do? created an unfair monopoly over the tea

6.What war did it lead to? American revolution

7.Was the tea worth it? were people afriad of Boston?

Yes it was worth it

8.Why could they not stop food from the colonies?

they could trade and grow it

9. was tea the real issue people were upset?

No the lack of freedom

10. why is Boston the place where it seemed to happen? If you can anwser these qustions then you really know your history!

seaport

Norma Said:

can someone critique this report. the boston tea party?

We Answered:

Watch your spelling and incomplete sentences. It's sort of hard for me to believe you know a word like "abrogated" so I would think that you copied more from Britannica than you admitted to. I have graded many, many reports and tests in high school and it doesn't sound like something you wrote yourself.

Harold Said:

can you summarize the Boston tea party?for me?

We Answered:

Basically, colonists dressed up as Indians and threw away 300 chests of tea.
Then all these acts were put on Boston like the Intolerable ACts that made Boston pay back money for tea they threw away, closed down Bostons ports, and the colonies legislative branches were abolished. Then the Quarters Act, etc.

Boston tea party lead to the American revolution hi

Rosemary Said:

Since the Boston Tea Party worked so well, why not have an Insurance Corporation Party just throw'um overboard?

We Answered:

Part of the money we spend on premiums is used by insurance companies to lobby against cost controlling reforms and maintaining their right to deny coverage and cut benefits. In a roundabout way, the money you pay for healthcare is being spent in political campaigning to keep you paying more and getting less. Outrageous stuff. Of course, call insurance reform "socialist/big government/anti-business" instead of addressing the reforms by their own merit (which people tend to agree with overwhelmingly) and you'll have millions of idiots screaming your praises. I will laugh at those folks when they have to declare bankruptcy or get denied coverage in the future after losing their job.

To say healthcare in this country is "broken" is being too generous. Its the only health care system in the industrialized world geared more focused on the profits of third parties than in keeping people healthy.

Cory Said:

Edit this paragraph on the Boston Tea Party to sound like a newspaper article?

We Answered:

BOSTON GLOBE
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December 18, 1773

Violence flared yesterday at Boston Harbor. Sometime between 7 and 10 am, an angry mob of approximately 200 men boarded three ships owned by the East India Company and, apparently disguised as Indians, destroyed the entire shipment of tea that had arrived just two days ago by dumping it into the harbor.

The tense situation at the harbor has been brewing since May, with colonial opposition to a new tax, levied solely upon tea, rising to a boiling point earlier this week. Members of CLIIU, the Colonial Longshoremen and Indian Impersonators Union, not only refused to unload the three ships' cargo, but actually prevented them from docking at the harbor. Peace activists protested, demanding that the ships be permitted to dock after local officials made the union members disperse, leaving the area entirely CLIIU-less.

Despite knowing the importance attached to tea --- a staple of life in the colonies --- the East India Company ignored a massive meeting at the Old South Meeting House, at which the colonists decided to make the three ships turn around and depart without payment. They refused, while the Company refused to cancel the tax, and bagged out of attending a second (larger and angrier) meeting at the Old South Meeting House.

Also, in a late-breaking development yesterday, local authorities issued the following statement: "The public is hereby informed that Boston Harbor's water does NOT taste like tea despite the presence of the dumped tea."