Mercer County - Trenton - The Colonial Tea Parties- Boston and More!
Saturday, September 21 – Mercer County The Colonial Tea Parties- Boston and More! Lecture and Tea Tasting September 21 1-3 p.m. At the Visitor Center The 1719 William Trent House 15 Market Street, Trenton, NJ 08611 The Trent House Association presents an illustrated lecture and tea tasting, featuring Michael Raab, co- founder and owner of Tea-For-All. Tea stirred up controversy when the Tea Act of 1773 was passed by Parliament to save the British East Indies Company from bankruptcy and to demonstrate the right of Parliament to tax the colonists. On December 16 th , the “Sons of Liberty” tossed 340 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. Join us to learn more about the importance of tea as the focal point for protests in the colonies. Our guest lecturer will discuss the events leading up to the Boston Tea Party and he will also discuss similar acts of civil disobedience that occurred throughout the colonies, including several in...