“Whoever wrote this did not know that it was a classic act of civil disobedience. Most of the town knew it was going to happen. Many went to the dock to watch it. Quietly they watched their friends and neighbors, lightly disquised, march to the ship and with only token resistence from the port authorities, quickly dump the chests of tea into the harbour. Then everyone went home. To their dying days, not a soul would tell who was involved. Which is what made the Brits even more angry and why they punished the whole town by closing the port and rescinding the charter “Terroists!” Real history often doesn’t fit the educationist template, which is to try to make the past “relevant” to the present. The real question is: how relervant is the present to the past? The dope who wrote this is entirely cut off from his roots.”
There was no resistance offered by the Brits and there was a pretty good crowd watching and cheering the “indians” as they dumped the tea overboard. Boston harbor was closed for a year as the British demanded that the city reimburse the crown for lost taxes on the tea.
It was just townspeople, not terorists.
Wow, wait until those Texas school kids read about a local militia that occupied a former Spanish Mission.
Wow, wait until those Texas school kids read about a local militia that occupied a former Spanish Mission.