[Intro]
\nAn invite…
\nWe thought you might
\nCome to our tea party
\n(It’ll be simply lovely)<\/p>\n
[Verse]
\n(All of us)
\nWe’ll play charades
\nMasquerade
\n(Indigenous)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nWhole hearted
\n(Let’s get this party started)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nAn invitation
\n(To a new nation)
\nJoin our tea party
\n(It’s simply lovely)<\/p>\n
[Verse]
\nThrowing tea
\n(Into the sea)
\nIn the name of thee
\n(… a mutiny)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\n[Chorus]
\n[Outro]
\nDump a chest?
\n(Dump the rest)
\nDump the trump
\n(Roasted rump)<\/p>\n
ABOUT THE SONG
\nThe Boston Tea Party was a pivotal act of political protest by American colonists against British rule on the night of December 16, 1773. A group of approximately 60 to 150 men, many from the Sons of Liberty, boarded three merchant ships\u2014the Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver\u2014at Griffin’s Wharf. To hide their identities and symbolize their burgeoning “American” identity, they dressed in Native American (Mohawk) attire, using blankets and soot. <\/p>\n
Destruction: Over the course of three hours, they smashed open and dumped 342 chests (roughly 92,000 pounds) of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor. The destroyed cargo was worth about \u00a39,659 at the time, which equates to over $1.7 million in today\u2019s currency. <\/p>\n
An outraged British Parliament responded in 1774 with punitive laws (the Coercive Acts), which included closing Boston Harbor and suspending local self-government.<\/p>\n
Revolutionary Spark: These harsh measures backfired, unifying the thirteen colonies and leading to the convening of the First Continental Congress and, eventually, the American Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n