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Firsthand History- Monday- 1st period
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throughaphaseToday the students would find themselves on a ship in the Danger Shop at night, surrounded by over a hundred men in colonial garb, tossing things over the side of the ship into the water.
"Some of you asked to see some of the founding of this country, so here's one big event," Kitty greeted them. "It's December 16, 1773, and we're in Boston. Some backstory for those of you who are new here: in the 1600s, people fled England so they could pursue the religion of their choice, though England still had control. This wasn't really America yet. And after the French and Indian War, the Americans weren't too happy that they were getting taxed on imports of tea, which they felt was unfair since they weren't involved and weren't represented in Parliament. This became known as 'taxation without representation,' and sparked a rebellion. The Americans started smuggling tea for their enormous collective habit, so the British cut the tax and then ended up taxing it and other things later. Samuel Adams, one of the founders of the country and one of the Sons of Liberty, a group of people including a few founding fathers, sold it as stripping them of their human rights, because if they had no voice, they shouldn't be dealing with this.
"So the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans, which is problematic, but apparently symbolized that they were Americans now, and not British subjects, which is fine until you find out what happened to the Native Americans," Kitty said. And at least the men around them weren't wearing headdresses you'd see at Coachella, but covered with blankets with coal dust on their faces to try and disguise them. "What they're doing now is opening up and throwing 340 cases of British East India Company tea overboard. In modern money, it's about one point seven million dollars of damage. So, for this class... you can watch, or you can join them, if you'd like. It's simulated, so if you want to pick up a hatchet and destroy some property, do it here and not anywhere else, okay?"
"Some of you asked to see some of the founding of this country, so here's one big event," Kitty greeted them. "It's December 16, 1773, and we're in Boston. Some backstory for those of you who are new here: in the 1600s, people fled England so they could pursue the religion of their choice, though England still had control. This wasn't really America yet. And after the French and Indian War, the Americans weren't too happy that they were getting taxed on imports of tea, which they felt was unfair since they weren't involved and weren't represented in Parliament. This became known as 'taxation without representation,' and sparked a rebellion. The Americans started smuggling tea for their enormous collective habit, so the British cut the tax and then ended up taxing it and other things later. Samuel Adams, one of the founders of the country and one of the Sons of Liberty, a group of people including a few founding fathers, sold it as stripping them of their human rights, because if they had no voice, they shouldn't be dealing with this.
"So the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans, which is problematic, but apparently symbolized that they were Americans now, and not British subjects, which is fine until you find out what happened to the Native Americans," Kitty said. And at least the men around them weren't wearing headdresses you'd see at Coachella, but covered with blankets with coal dust on their faces to try and disguise them. "What they're doing now is opening up and throwing 340 cases of British East India Company tea overboard. In modern money, it's about one point seven million dollars of damage. So, for this class... you can watch, or you can join them, if you'd like. It's simulated, so if you want to pick up a hatchet and destroy some property, do it here and not anywhere else, okay?"