1. Turning Point towards Rebellion?

2. Who are the players…? “Old Lady”…..“Island Queen” “Her daughter”…..“The Bouncing Girl” “Old Lady’s Pockets”….. “Her Servants”…..

3. OLD LADY = BRITAIN OLD LADY’S POCKETS= BRITAIN’S TREASURY BOUNCING DAUGHTER = COLONIES HER SERVANTS= REPRESENTATIVES; ROYAL GOVERNORS, TAX AGENTS, ETC.

4. Revolutionary Tea What makes this song significant?

5. Propaganda PROPAGANDA  Supported by opinion and used to sway the public’s ideas on a topic. Where have we seen propaganda used before during the Road to Revolution?

6. Propaganda Is “Revolutionary Tea” an example of propaganda? What bias is shown in the song?  Wealthy vs. poor – which is more accurate?  Good vs. evil – who is described as innocent in the poem? Who is the “angry, mean” character?

7. I dressed myself in the costume of an Indian, equipped with a small hatchet, which I and my associates denominated the tomahawk, with which, and a club, after having painted my face and hands with coal dust in the shop of a blacksmith, I repaired to Griffin's wharf, where the ships lay that contained the tea... We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard, and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests with our tomahawks, so as thoroughly to expose them to the effects of the water. In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found in the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way, at the same time. We were surrounded by British armed ships, but no attempt was made to resist us. – Anonymous, "Account of the Boston Tea Party by a Participant," (1773)

11. Indians Dump Tea Into Boston Harbor! Why Indians??  Destroying the tea was an act of treason; as a result many men did disguise themselves as Indians to hide their identity. o Disguises can give people a sense of “freedom” to behave without worrying about the consequences of their actions.