Table of Contents In this book you will read about the Boston Tea Party from three perspectives Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who lived in or near Boston in 1773 As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Ann Clerk Colonial Merchant’s Wife Chapter 2 1 4 Thomas Brayson British Soldier Chapter 3 2 2 Jonathan Pierce Patriot Activist Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
4 1 England tells us colonists the cost of the French and Indian War was high The Seven Years War as they called it in England dragged on and on against the French finally ending in 1763 In the end England won the war and gained French Canada Spanish Florida and parts of India Now Parliament needs us to pay taxes Ann Clerk Colonial Merchant’s Wife
5 to cover the cost of sending British soldiers here to defend the colonies and frontiers This makes perfect sense to me Taxes are paid in England and our American men pay taxes that are collected by our own elected assemblies We should also pay for the protection offered by these soldiers But some colonists feel no need to pay the taxes or duties the British Parliament collects They have smuggled goods tax free for a long time without penalty I like many here in the colonies remain loyal to England and my king Aren’t we of English stock My great-grandparents were born in England And the British soldiers did us service They protected us from the raids of the French and their Indian allies It is reasonable that we should pay for that protection through taxes to Parliament Determine the main point of this paragraph and pick out one piece of evidence that supports it Think about It
