tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489725350456213626.post3631961719853253701..comments2012-09-16T14:34:17.095-04:00Comments on Read. Write. Think. Learn.: Poem on the Boston Tea PartyHannah's Monarchshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096660851412928278noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489725350456213626.post-91766085895484056112008-12-04T16:46:00.000-05:002008-12-04T16:46:00.000-05:00In this poem, Silence Dogood (aka Benjamin Frankli...In this poem, Silence Dogood (aka Benjamin Franklin) does a good job of telling, in a first-person's point of view, the colonists view of the event. Of course, the British thought differently of this act. <BR/>I can picture that night from this poem. People cheering as each tea crate was thrown away. The stars gleaming as the 'savages' yelled, hollered, and stole away into the night. What i wonder is how they managed to do all this without even being betrayed. Through history, this has happened in various ways and places. Maybe they bribed anyone they didn't trust, or maybe the American spirit was present in EVERY SINGLE colonist (including the Torys).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com