Within Our Power
The Story of the Edenton Ladies' Tea Party
Illustrator: Voss, Jonathan D
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" In 1774, many people in thirteen of Great Britain's North American colonies were angry. They had been ordered to pay money--taxes--to the government. However, they had no governmental representatives in faraway England to say how they wanted their money spent. The colonists rallied around the cry "Taxation Without Representation." They boycotted tea, cloth, and other British products. Fearing punishment for protesting the unfair practice, some disguised themselves to avoid recognition, specifically when dumping tea in a harbor. Others wrote about it but hid their identity by using an alias."...
" In 1774, many people in thirteen of Great Britain's North American colonies were angry. They had been ordered to pay money--taxes--to the government. However, they had no governmental representatives in faraway England to say how they wanted their money spent. The colonists rallied around the cry "Taxation Without Representation." They boycotted tea, cloth, and other British products. Fearing punishment for protesting the unfair practice, some disguised themselves to avoid recognition, specifically when dumping tea in a harbor. Others wrote about it but hid their identity by using an alias."--Provided by publisher.
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