[QUOTE=MMI;873387]Furthermore, Britain entered into treaties with the Indians agreeing that they would be allowed to retain certain lands in return for trade. Apparently, these treaties affected George Washington's personal ambitions to acquire more land and cost him a lot of money. This, coupled with the fact that his career prospects within the British Army were damaged because of Fort Necessity (following Jumonville) meant that his loyalty to the Crown was now in question.

The taxes demanded by Britain were seen as an attempt to usurp the authority of the colonial governments' right to raise taxes, and a boycott of British goods ensued. Eventually Britain had to recognise that the radical colonies would always do as they wished and gradually removed nearly all of the direct taxes it had imposed. Tea, alone, was still taxed directly.

However, this was a symbol of British power and authority and so tea remained boycotted by the radicals/republicans. The boycott was threatened by the fact that, eventually, Britain reduced the tax on tea, and. to prevent cheap tea being bought by the colonials, a group of republicans destroyed a cargo being landed in Boston: the Boston Tea Party.QUOTE]

Thank MMI, you have taught me something i should probably have known, I often wondered what the Boston Tea Party was all about. It was fleetingly glanced at during a history lesson that i didn’t care for. My only comment is that it is a pity it never caught on and a few people with the like mind of myself never did the same to the tea that was coming in to Tilbury, the caffeine in tea messes with my nerves and i have always drank coffee. I suppose the quote above on a BDSM site is in the right place, i could use it as a self inflicted punishment on myself, one pot of tea and quiver like a jelly for about a week. I could play games and see how long it would take to get a fried egg out of the pan on a spatula.

Regards ian 2411