Dec 16 2008
On this day in 1773 ~ The Boston Tea Party
On this day in 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place in Boston harbor. This event was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by allowing it a great reduction in taxes and giving it a monopoly on the American tea trade. The American colonists loved their tea and refused to pay duty and import taxes imposed by the British. The colonists saw this act by the British as a way to control them by undercutting their trade with Dutch traders, and they looked at this as another example of taxation control. A group of colonists gathered together and disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians; they boarded the three British tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. Visit www.historychannel.com for additional information on the Boston Tea Party.
A note for those who check this blog for the daily weather stats - the Monadnock Region of NH and other areas throughout the state are still in recovery mode from the ice storm of December 11th and 12th. As of this morning, there were around 100,000 still without power. In the Monadnock Region, a lot of progress has been made in the clean up and removal of trees and debris from the road ways. Snow is forecasted for Tuesday night into Wednesday with accumulations of two to four inches.
