United States History Student Edition

E “Tea, Destroyed by Indians” American colonists who continued to oppose British policies used the Boston Tea Party as a rallying cry. This poem was published soon after the event.

PRIMARY SOURCE: POEM “ Bostonian's SONS keep up your Courage good, Or Dye, like Martyrs , in fair Free-born Blood. Our LIBERTY, and LIFE is now invaded, And FREEDOM's brightest Charms are darkly shaded; But, we will STAND—and think it noble mirth , To DART the man that dare oppress the Earth. … How grand the Scene!—(No Tyrant shall oppose) The TEA is sunk in spite of all our foes. A NOBLE SIGHT—to see th' accursed TEA Mingled with MUD—and ever for to be; For KING and PRINCE shall know that we are FREE. ” — excerpt from poem “Tea, Destroyed by Indians,” 1773 martyr someone who dies for a cause mirth happiness dart to launch or hurl accursed hateful or detestable

EXAMINE THE SOURCE 1. Analyzing Perspectives How does the writer describe and show support for the Boston Tea Party? 2. Analyzing What words and phrases does the writer use to appeal to the reader’s emotions?

This depiction of the Boston Tea Party was created in the 1780s.

PHOTO: Niday Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo. TEXT: “Tea Destroyed by Indians,” December, 1773. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Broadside Collection, Rare Books.

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