The+Boston+Tea+Party

British soldeirs came to Massachusetts to enforce the Townshend Acts- at tax on glass, sugar, lead, paper, wood, fabric, and tea.

After the Boston Massacre all of these taxes were repealed.. except for one.

What tax to you think survived? - The tea tax.

The tax on tea was 3 cents.

John Hancock was rich He sold (smuggled) Dutch Tea which was chaeper and better. British East India company was expensive tea. Summary: The british got mad because they passed a law that made it illegal for John Hancock to sell Dutch Tea. So the colonist got the British East and dumped it in the ocean. **__First Picture__**
 * I See || It Means ||
 * # Boxes in the water
 * 1) Men on the ship
 * 2) Two ships
 * 3) People on piers
 * 4) The people have their hands up
 * 5) Brown boxes
 * 6) Looks like the people on the piers have nicer clothing
 * 7) People on the ships are all wearing the same thing || # Colonist are sumping the tea in the ocean
 * 8) They are the colonist
 * 9) There probably was a lot of tea
 * 10) Could be the british
 * 11) They could be either angry or happy
 * 12) The british east india tea were in those boxes
 * 13) They are probably the british
 * 14) They are colonists. ||

__**Second Picture**__ I See It Means
 * 1) 5 men 1. They look like british men
 * 2) Pouring something in the guys mouth 2. Looks like the british is forcing the colonist to drink the tea
 * 3) The guy has feathers on him 3. Could be wearing a suit with feathers on it
 * 4) A hanging rope 4. The guy with the feathers got hung
 * 5) Tree in the background 5. Its the liberty tree
 * 6) Paper on the tree that says stamp act 6. Could mean that the stamp act was repealed since its on the liberty tree
 * 7) The ship 7. The ship has all the british Indian tea that is being dumbed out
 * 8) People dumping boxes out in the water 8. The colonist are dumping out the British Indian Tea
 * 9) Men are smiling/happy 9. Probably happy because they are getting revenge on the colonist
 * 10) Guy with the feathers looks dead 10. Probably got hung

__**Compare & Contrast**__ The first picture and the second picture are similar because they are both representing the boston tea party. The first picture shows how the colonists are dumping the tea in the water and how the people on piers are either happy or angry. In the second picture it shows how a group of men are pouring tea in the guy that with the feathers's mouth. And in the background it shows the colonist pouring the tea in the water.

__First Picture:__ I think the artist's point of view of this picture could be that he thought the Boston Tea Party was a good idea and he probably thought that the colonist thad the right to do that because in the picture I see men on piers, and they are all raising their hands and they look happy. __Second Picture:__ I think the artist's point of view of this picture could be how he thought the colonist were bad and they took the whole tea tax problem out of proportions.
 * __Artist Point of View__**


 * __George Robert Twelves Hewes: Questions__**
 * 1) It convened 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.
 * 2) I think the commander requested no damage to the ship because the ship was their protection from the british ships
 * 3) The "indians" trying to do the duty of getting rid of the tea for america.
 * 4) I think they dressed like indians because the name of the tea company was the British East India Company and they wanted to show that they didn't like it.
 * 5) The boston tea party was different from other colonial protests because the british didn't attempt to resist them.