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	Boston Tea Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By 1773, the company had large debts, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because smugglers such as Hancock were importing tea without paying taxes (import tax).
		The ships carrying tea were prevented from landing as most American ports turned the tea away.
		On December 16, 1773, the night before the tea was supposed to be landed, the Sons of Liberty, a group of about 60 local Boston residents organized by Samuel Adams, burst from the Old South Meeting House and headed toward Griffin's Wharf, dressed as Mohawks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boston_Tea_Party (447 words)

	Tea party
		In March 1991, the Tea Council of the U.S.A. convened its first scientific symposium, hoping to validate the ancient folklore surrounding tea's therapeutic properties with hard science.
		Tea marketers figure this natural potion tastes good, comes in a variety of flavors, is relatively inexpensive, and can help rid the body of those damaging free radicals with its strong natural antioxidant properties.
		Green tea was thought to have been the highest source of catechins, but Simrany says subsequent research is indicating that fl tea has as rich a store of flavonoids.
	www.azcentral.com /health/wellness/articles/0215healthtea.html (733 words)

	The Boston Tea Party, 1773
		Tea was a staple of colonial life - it was assumed that the colonists would rather pay the tax than deny themselves the pleasure of a cup of tea.
		We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard, and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests with our tomahawks, so as thoroughly to expose them to the effects of the water.
		In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found in the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way, at the same time.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /teaparty.htm (938 words)

	Boston Tea Party: 1773
		The Boston Tea Party was a reaction to the Tea Act of 1773 that was passed by Parliament to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy.
		The patriots decided to reject tea shipments and they demanded that tea ships be permitted to return to England without paying the duty required by law.
		Thus, the Boston Tea Party marked the beginning of violence in the dispute between mother country and colonies.
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/USA/TeaParty.html (372 words)

	Boston Tea Party - Eyewitness Account
		On the day preceding the seventeenth, there was a meeting of the citizens of the county of Suffolk, convened at one of the churches in Boston, for the purpose of consulting on what measures might be considered expedient to prevent the landing of the tea, or secure the people from the collection of the duty.
		During the time we were throwing the tea overboard, there were several attempts made by some of the citizens of Boston and its vicinity to carry off small quantities of it for their family use.
		Another attempt was made to save a little tea from the ruins of the cargo by a tall, aged man who wore a large cocked hat and white wig, which was fashionable at that time.
	www.historyplace.com /unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm (843 words)

	Boston Tea Party
		Since the tea would be sold at an extremely cheap rate by bypassing the traders, the wholesalers in America were going to be seriously affected.
		Since British tea was already being boycotted because of the heavy duties on it, the Act in America was seen as a bribe from the British Authorities.
		Plot Summary: Your mission is to visit the Boston Tea Party and retrieve one of the tomahawks used during the event.
	www.members.tripod.com /~sbenoit/teaparty.html (375 words)

	Boston Tea Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by Boston, Massachusetts residents against the British parliament.
		The ships carrying tea were prevented from landing as most American ports turned the tea away; at Boston however, the East India Company had the assistance of the governor—preparations were made to forcibly land the tea under the protection afforded by British armed vessels.
		On December 16, 1773, the night before the tea was due to be landed, the Sons of Liberty, a group of about 60 local Boston residents, possibly organized by Samuel Adams, burst from the South Meeting House and headed toward Griffin's Wharf, dressed as Mohawks.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Boston-Tea-Party.htm (663 words)

	MSN Encarta - Boston Tea Party
		Boston Tea Party, incident on December 16, 1773, when a group of citizens in Boston, Massachusetts, dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
		It was one of several events that led to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775.
		The company’s tea, although still subject to the Townshend tax, was now cheaper than the smuggled Dutch tea most Americans drank.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761565150/Boston_Tea_Party.html (454 words)

	English Tea Party Recipes - joyofbaking.com
		In the past whether you took "afternoon tea" or "high tea" was a peek into your social standing.
		Afternoon Tea was a light elegant meal served between a light lunch and late dinner, usually between 3 o'clock and 5 o'clock, and was mainly confined to the aristocracy with their leisurely lifestyle.
		At one time loose tea with its large leaves had a superior flavor as tea bags were made with broken tea leaves and siftings that produced a stronger darker tea.
	www.joyofbaking.com /EnglishTeaParty.html (1104 words)

	A Victorian Tea Party - Host Your Own Tea Party
		For each guest, you will need a tea cup and saucer, dessert plate, silverware, napkin and placemat (a lace doily would be an elegant touch).
		Place your tea service at one end of the table plus a milk pitcher, sugar bowl, and plate of lemon slices.
		Place your finger foods (cookies, scones, muffins and tea sandwiches) on platters in the center of the table along with plates, napkins and cutlery.
	www.logicmgmt.com /1876/hostatea.htm (335 words)

	Tea Party Recipes
		Actually, tea parties (and their recipes) are alive and well, and they are as formal as tea and crumpets in the parlor or as laid-back as old friends on the front porch.
		Oolong teas are often used in blending because they tend to enhance the flavors of the other teas, even cheaper ones.
		Herbal teas are not considered real teas by themselves, if that matters to a nation born of rebellion.
	www.greatpartyrecipes.com /teapartyrecipes.html (1225 words)

	From revolution to reconstruction: Essays: Boston Teaparty: Boston Teaparty
		In an effort to save it, the government passed the Tea Act of 1773, which gave the company the right to export its merchandise directly to the colonies without paying any of the regular taxes that were imposed on the colonial merchants, who had traditionally served as the middlemen in such transactions.
		Particularly important to the movement were the activities of colonial women, who were one of the principal consumers of tea and now became the leaders of the effort to the boycott.
		In Boston, the agents refused to resign and, with the support of the royal governor, preparations were made to land incoming cargoes regardless of opposition.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm (422 words)

	LIBERTY! . The Boston Tea Party \| PBS
		The Boston Tea Party was one of the most effective pieces of political theater ever staged.
		The Boston Tea Party was a protest of British tax policies.
		It came in the midst of a boycott of English tea during which the East India Company, which owned the tea, had seen its profits plummet in the wake of a boycott of tea in the colonies.
	www.pbs.org /ktca/liberty/popup_teaparty.html (170 words)

	WPI Department of Military Science - Boston Tea Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On May 10, 1773, parliament authorized the East India Tea Co to export a half a million pounds of tea to the American colonies for the purpose of selling it without imposing upon the company the usual duties and tariffs.
		On November 27, 1773, three ships loaded with such tea landed at Boston and were prevented from unloading their cargo.
		Fearing that the tea would be seized for failure to pay customs duties, and eventually become available for sale, Adams and the Boston Whigs arranged a solution.
	www.wpi.edu /Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/abs_bostea.html (216 words)

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		Planning an elegant garden tea party doesn't have to be difficult or complicated.
		Choose a themed party pack that complements the colors of the environment you've chosen.
		A mother-daughter spring tea party, for your daughter's friends is a great way to meet the other mothers.
	www.iparty.com /index.cfm?pageid=3202 (452 words)

	The Boston Tea Party
		tea companies weren't happy about the Tea Act, of course, but the American colonists viewed it as another example of "taxation without representation": In effect, the Tea Act was putting a tax on tea sold by companies other than the East India Company.
		As with the Stamp Act and other unpopular taxes, they were all voted in by Parliament, which was thousands of miles away, and the American colonists had no way to influence the law or speak out against it while it was being debated in government.
		Boston Tea Party was a symbolic act, an example of how far Americans were willing to speak out for their freedom.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/ushistory/bostonteaparty.htm (532 words)

	LIBERTY! . Chronicle of the Revolution . Boston 1774 \| PBS
		King George III and Parliament responded decisively this week to The Boston Tea Party by closing the city port.
		342 crates of tea were dumped into the ocean in response to a parliamentary act which imposed restrictions on the purchase of tea in the colonies.
		The tea party, Franklin's roasting in Parliament and now the closing of Boston harbor exemplify the hardening of positions on both sides of the Atlantic.
	www.pbs.org /ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html (328 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		The Boston Tea Party was the inspiration for a number of similar events that occurred throughout the American colonies.
		If the Boston Tea Party is a new concept for students, you can select some of the first-hand accounts used in the other lesson plan, and assign the Boston Tea Party to one student group in Part 2, below.
		Based on students' knowledge of the Boston Tea Party and their findings about the other tea parties, students should complete the ratings and then share their beliefs about the foremost reasons that many colonists became so passionate about the tax on tea.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=398 (2531 words)

	Boston Tea Party
		In 1770, American protests led to Parliament's repeal of the Townshend duties — except for the duty on tea retained by the British as a matter of principle.
		In 1773 Parliament passed the Tea Act, which gave the English East India Company a chance to avert bankruptcy by granting a monopoly on the importation of tea into the colonies.
		The “Tea Party” was quickly restaged in other port cities in America and tended to polarize the sides in the widening dispute.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h646.html (615 words)

	Tea Party
		Although most of our lives are often too hectic to partake of the centuries-old British tradition of a daily afternoon tea, an occasional tea every now and again gives rise for gathering up your friends for a relaxed and sociable taste of an age-old tradition that never really rooted itself in modern-American society.
		If your tea party is going to be a twist different from the traditional tea gathering, you might want to check out the recipe pages at Stash and Celestial Seasonings.
		Part of a well-rounded afternoon tea is a light and tasty snack to hold a young lady’s appetite over until dinner.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/8691/60459 (486 words)

	Tea Party Time
		Grace and elegance are the keynotes of the Tea table, whether it's an intimate tête-à-tête for two or a buffet-style occasion for 20.
		Thoughtful hostesses tied their tea sandwiches with ribbons, enabling guests to pluck a sandwich from the tray without soiling their fashionable gloves.
		Set on the tea table in a pretty glass or china bowl, it is a luxurious topping for freshly baked scones or thin slices of toast.
	www.geocities.com /libmary/teaparty.htm (1911 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1994): Chapter Three: Boston "Tea Party" (6/14) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By selling its tea through its own agents at a price well under the customary one, the East India Company made smuggling unprofitable and threatened to eliminate the independent colonial merchants at the same time.
		They took this step because they feared that if the tea were landed, colonists would actually comply with the tax and purchase the tea.
		Official opinion in Britain almost unanimously condemned the Boston Tea Party as an act of vandalism and advocated legal measures to bring the insurgent colonists into line.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/H/1994/ch3_p6.htm (361 words)

	Bridal Tea Party
		It builds a bridge between two families, and a ''Bride to Be'' Tea Party is the ideal setting for the brides mother, mother in law, and even the grandmothers to get acquainted.
		This special tea party will become a cherished memory for the new bride and the families it brings together.
		Another wonderful idea is for all the guests to go in together on a tea set to be used for the tea party and then presented to the Bride to Be to take home.
	www.he-and-she.com /TeaParty/bridaltea.html (283 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -BOSTON TEA PARTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor.
		The Tea Act (May 10, 1773) adjusted import duties in such a way that the company could undersell even smugglers in the colonies.
		To Parliament, the Boston Tea Party confirmed Massachusetts's role as the core of resistance to legitimate British rule.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_011700_bostonteapar.htm (355 words)

	Boston Tea Party 1774
		The new act granted a monopoly on tea trade in the Americas to the East India Tea Company.
		The Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, insisted that tea be unloaded in Boston, despite a boycott organized by the Sons of Liberty.
		Adams denounced the Governor for denying clearance for vessels wishing to leave with tea still on board.
	www.multied.com /revolt/Tea.html (149 words)

	Tea Party
		That's because classic kaiseki, which evolved as a gastronomic accompaniment to the highly stylized tea ceremonies of Kyoto, is one of the most lavishly expensive dining activities on earth.
		The most baroque of these is a slippery square of cod, baked in a dome of salt and egg whites, which the waiters tap open at the table with a spoon.
		The cod is wrapped in bamboo leaves stuffed with dill and green tea, and when you open this little package, the air fills with the pleasing smell of tea leaves.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/food/reviews/restaurant/n_7891 (851 words)

	Boston Tea Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Dartmouth, first of 3 tea ships, arrived in Boston harbor 27 Nov. Two mass meetings (29-30 Nov.) resolved that the tea must be sent back to England without payment of any duty.
		In the celebrated Boston Tea Party, a group of men dressed as Indians boarded three British ships in Boston harbor and threw their cargoes of tea, 342 chests worth of 18,000 pounds, into the water.
		The action was the climax of growing colonial opposition to the Tea Act.
	www.usahistory.com /wars/teaparty.htm (162 words)

	Afternoon Tea Party
		Tea is taken around the world and its influence spans cultural as well as economic boundaries
		Tea has played a vital role in world politics, wars, literature, romance, and cuisine.
		It has been ascribed a spiritual and mystical connection to the soul in the East, while in the West it has been considered in turn to be an evil liquor, a medicinal cure for almost any ailment, and a symbol of imperial oppression.
	www.afternoonteaparty.com (358 words)

	Tea Party Recipes
		Fill a tea kettle with fresh water and set on stove to boil.
		Pass the tea cup to the guest and let them stir it themselves.
		The beverage served is not as important as the serving and etiquette of the tea party.
	www.he-and-she.com /TeaParty/partymenu.html (416 words)

	Boston Tea Party
		Angry and frustrated at a new tax on tea, American colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty and disguised as Mohawk Native Americans boarded three British ships (the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver) and dumped 342 whole crates of British tea into Boston harbor on December 16, 1773.
		Similar incidents occurred in Maryland, New York, and New Jersey in the next few months, and tea was eventually boycotted throughout the colonies.
		Boston Tea Party was an amusing and symbolic episode in American history, an example of how far Americans were willing to go to speak out for their freedom.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /wwww/us/bostonteapartydef.htm (158 words)

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