Two Hundred Thirty Seven Years Ago Today,,,There Was A Small Group That Made A Big Party

Guess what it was yet?     The BOSTON TEA PARTY

237 years ago today a "small group" of citizens took a stand against the tyranny in 'their' home port.  They disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, boarded three British tea ships, and dumped 342 chests of tea overboard.  This was all done 'under the covers' of darkness and stealthiness as a protest to the tax tyranny occurring at that time over tea.

The ships were named the Dartmouth, the Eleanor and the Beaver.  They arrived in Boston Harbor freighted with teas from East India Company and were slatted to be put on the market at a much reduced price thereby granting a virtual monopoly of the American tea trade.  

Now this lowered tax on teas imported from afar was granted by an act of British Parliament in 1773.  Subsequently British rule dwindled as a result of a "small group" of citizens that stood together against the treacheries of government rule.

 

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