
2.4- The Boston Tea Party
Revolutions
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What Happened to the Tea Act?
Governor hutchinson and a few conservative allies in boston had written a series of letters to a sub minister back in 17 72. These letters were passed by some anonymous agent to benjamin franklin, who sent them along to a friend back home. They were supposed to remain under wraps, but after franklin's friend sat on them for six months, he agreed with samuel adams that it was too good of a hand not to play. When published, these letters confirmed the most paranoid radical fantasies about a conspiracy to extinguish english liberty in the colonies. As the autumn of 17 73 approached, opposition to the te act spread up and down the colonies. And they were led
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