4: "Boston Harbor A Tea-Pot This Night:" The Boston Tea Party
History That Doesn't Suck
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The T Act of 17 73
Enteen 69 brought a severe drought to bengal which, i'll remind you the east india company rules over. Yet the e i c proves to be neither a responsible government nor enterprise. Instead, keeps paying insanely large salaries to its top agents and shelling out handsome dividends to its stockholders. Their dividend rate gets as high as 12 point five%. Maybe i just don't run in rich enough circles. That kind of easy and consistent return is unheard of to me. Neither parliament, e i c stockholders or the many powerful men who are both pay much attention the growing crisis. Then it all hits the fan. In 17 72, theEast india company has so much debt
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