This is what the tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor would have looked like. In the 1700s, tea was compressed into planks; a plank this size could last a person roughly a year. They would be bought in sections, and small slivers would be shaved off into the kettle every time somebody wanted to make a cup of tea.
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what the **** that’s so neat
So what you’re telling me is that they were Frisbeeing tea off the ships.
And THAT’S why it was such a big deal; they literally destroyed a couple decades worth of tea with each crate they tossed.
They dumped forty-six tons of the stuff into Boston Harbor; that’s worth $1.7 million USD adjusted for inflation.
People don’t protest like they used to smdh
this is also fucking neat but someone censored my fucking swearing so i have to fucking put it back in this thread like who the fuck does that kind of shit and can i throw their fucking tea in the ocean for it