What best describes the Greenwich Tea Party?

Answer 1

A Young man by the name of Philip Vickers Fithian, a young recently graduated student from Princeton University was traveling home from a tutoring job for a wealthy plantation owner. He was coming home through Maryland for the holidays in October and found out about the Brig laden with tea that had been burned in the Harbor. Forward to Sunday December 18th 1774, word spread after Sunday worship service, of a certain shipment of tea hidden in Dan Bowen's warehouse. They apparently thought they could hold the tea until the heat of the tea tax blew over. They couldn't have been more wrong! On Friday December 23 1774 the Owner of the Gray Hound found out just how mad the residents of Greenwich, Shiloh and Roads town were! They dressed as Native A A man by the name of Philip Vickers Fithian, a young recently graduated student from Princeton University was traveling home from a tutoring job for a wealthy plantation owner. He was coming home through Maryland for the holidays in October and found out about the Brig laden with tea that had been burned in the Harbor. Forward to Sunday December 18th 1774, word spread after Sunday worship service, of a certain shipment of tea hidden in Dan Bowen's warehouse. They apparently thought they could hold the tea until the heat of the tea tax blew over. They couldn't have been more wrong! On Friday December 23 1774 the Owner of the Gray Hound found out just how mad the residents of Greenwich, Shiloh and Roads town were! They dressed as Native Americans. Dressed as Indians, as many as 40 of the local people (a group that was against the Townsend Act) all were thought to be young Whigs, set fire to the whole cargo of tea (Oolong) in the towns market Square. Although, none were identified most people believe that it was Philip Vickers Fithian ,Richard Howell Silas Newcomb,Joel Fithian Philips brother James Ewing ,Henry & Josiah Seeley as well as, Ebenezer and Timothy Elmer. As the journal of Philip Vickers Fithian read "Last night the Tea was by a number of persons' in disguise taken crates of tea out of the house & consumed with fire." Several times charges were brought against some of the lads, they were never able to get a conviction .The prosecution was fighting an up hill battle in a town with more sympathy for the tea burners than the tea owners. mericans. Dressed as Indians, as many as 40 of the local people (a group that was against the Townsend Act) all were thought to be young Whigs, set fire to the whole cargo of tea (Oolong) in the towns market Square. Although, none were identified most people believe that it was Philip Vickers Fithian ,Richard Howell Silas Newcomb,Joel Fithian Philips brother James Ewing ,Henry & Josiah Seeley as well as, Ebenezer and Timothy Elmer. As the journal of Philip Vickers Fithian read "Last night the Tea was by a number of persons' in disguise taken crates of tea out of the house & consumed with fire." Several times charges were brought against some of the lads, they were never able to get a conviction .The prosecution was fighting an up hill battle in a town with more sympathy for the tea burners than the tea owners. Richard E DeMarco Greenwich Tea Burners tea A Young man by the name of Philip Vickers Fithian, a young recently graduated student from Princeton University was traveling home from a tutoring job for a wealthy plantation owner. He was coming home through Maryland for the holidays in October and found out about the Brig laden with tea that had been burned in the Harbor. Forward to Sunday December 18th 1774, word spread after Sunday worship service, of a certain shipment of tea hidden in Dan Bowen's warehouse. They apparently thought they could hold the tea until the heat of the tea tax blew over. They couldn't have been more wrong! On Friday December 23 1774 the Owner of the Gray Hound found out just how mad the residents of Greenwich, Shiloh and Roads town were! They dressed as Native A A man by the name of Philip Vickers Fithian, a young recently graduated student from Princeton University was traveling home from a tutoring job for a wealthy plantation owner. He was coming home through Maryland for the holidays in October and found out about the Brig laden with tea that had been burned in the Harbor. Forward to Sunday December 18th 1774, word spread after Sunday worship service, of a certain shipment of tea hidden in Dan Bowen's warehouse. They apparently thought they could hold the tea until the heat of the tea tax blew over. They couldn't have been more wrong! On Friday December 23 1774 the Owner of the Gray Hound found out just how mad the residents of Greenwich, Shiloh and Roads town were! They dressed as Native Americans. Dressed as Indians, as many as 40 of the local people (a group that was against the Townsend Act) all were thought to be young Whigs, set fire to the whole cargo of tea (Oolong) in the towns market Square. Although, none were identified most people believe that it was Philip Vickers Fithian ,Richard Howell Silas Newcomb,Joel Fithian Philips brother James Ewing ,Henry & Josiah Seeley as well as, Ebenezer and Timothy Elmer. As the journal of Philip Vickers Fithian read "Last night the Tea was by a number of persons' in disguise taken crates of tea out of the house & consumed with fire." Several times charges were brought against some of the lads, they were never able to get a conviction .The prosecution was fighting an up hill battle in a town with more sympathy for the tea burners than the tea owners. mericans. Dressed as Indians, as many as 40 of the local people (a group that was against the Townsend Act) all were thought to be young Whigs, set fire to the whole cargo of tea (Oolong) in the towns market Square. Although, none were identified most people believe that it was Philip Vickers Fithian ,Richard Howell Silas Newcomb,Joel Fithian Philips brother James Ewing ,Henry & Josiah Seeley as well as, Ebenezer and Timothy Elmer. As the journal of Philip Vickers Fithian read "Last night the Tea was by a number of persons' in disguise taken crates of tea out of the house & consumed with fire." Several times charges were brought against some of the lads, they were never able to get a conviction .The prosecution was fighting an up hill battle in a town with more sympathy for the tea burners than the tea owners. Richard E DeMarco Greenwich Tea Burners tea

Answer 2

Patriots in New Jersey burned a load of British Tea