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The Boston Tea Party

ByJosephine PollardH.W. McVickar

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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.

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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

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Pages
36
Binding
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Interior Color
Color
Dimensions
US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)

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