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Old 01-27-2011, 08:01 AM   #7231
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl View Post
Yeah... It wasn't like they taught us in school. It was only a couple of guys who dumped a couple of crates of tea. Nothing spectacular. Worst still, it didn't cause any governmental changes. We were taught that it was all about taxation, but in fact, that was a different issue. The only thing it really did was make for a good story.

The 'no taxation without representation' part was actually about a tax placed on white pine trees with a DBH of 12+, mostly found in Vermont and western Massachusetts, not about any tax on tea. These pines were used as masts on British war ships, and if you had any on your property and wanted to cut them down, you had to pay a high tax to the Crown or face jail time.


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Years ago, if you went on board the good ship Beaver in the port of Boston they gave you a nice cup of tea (for free). Now (that is a couple years back) nothing of nothing. Shame on them. Yankees ...
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