Today is the 250th anniversary of the Princeton Tea Burning.
I was not there when the students burned the tea. You can’t prove anything.
Did Dutch tea taste better than British tea? Was this a Coke versus Pepsi kind of thing?
yahooyahoo said:
Did Dutch tea taste better than British tea? Was this a Coke versus Pepsi kind of thing?
It would be more like the government taxed Pepsi so it was $10/bottle so Coke could then charge $7/bottle knowing Pepsi couldn’t compete.
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Princeton students were upset with the tax on Dutch East India tea. British East India tea was exempt because the principals of B.E.I. had friends in high places.
NJDEP gave a presentation about the anniversary. It began with a brief history. That was followed with re-enactors reading speeches in support or against the king. I was surprised that the Loyalist position was presented.
The event concluded with the burning in effigy of Massachusetts Governor Hutchinson. (Photo below).