KING GEORGE THE THIRD SENT OUT A DECREE,
IN SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE,
THAT THREE PENCE ON EVERY POUND OF TEA
THE VERY MODERATE TAX SHOULD BE
FOR THE INFANT AMERICAN COLONY.
THOUGH SOME PROTESTED, THE KING SAID "GAMMON,"
FOR HE WAS A LOYAL DISCIPLE OF MAMMON,
AND DECLARED THAT TAXATION
WAS GOOD FOR A NATION
THAT NEEDED SOME LESSONS IN SUBJUGATION.
NO TAX ON SNUFF! AND NO TAX ON TEA!
SUCH A STATE OF THINGS COULD NO LONGER BE!
AND THOSE WHO INDULGED IN SUCH LUXURIES, MUST,
SAID THE LOYAL MONARCH, COME DOWN WITH THE DUST.
Details
- Publication Date
- Apr 19, 2010
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780557430598
- Category
- Fiction
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Josephine Pollard, By (author): H.W. McVickar
Specifications
- Pages
- 36
- Binding
- Saddle Stitch
- Interior Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)