DECEMBER 16 –1921 Edison speaks out on wealth in NY Times; 1941 Tokyo propaanda; 1966 Hendrix’s Hey Joe released
DECEMBER 16
1773 – Boston Tea Party.
Quiz everyone, this one is not multiple choice, but it is brought to us courtesy of bostonteapartyship.com. You’ll find the answers there but try not to cheat. Ready, set go.
#1. Who organized the Boston Tea Party?
#2 What caused it?
#3: When did it happen? That’s an eeeeasy one I just said it.
#4. Where did the Boston Tea Party happen, and if you say anything other than Boston you’ll fail the whole test. Don’t play with my emotions. Anyway Boston’s not the only answer I’m looking for. Finally
#5, How many people participated?
Ok, Question 1. The Boston Tea Party was organized and carried out by Samuel Adams and his group of patriots known as the Sons of Liberty. They consisted of males representing all walks of life, such as artisans, craftsmen, business owners, apprentices, etc. etc. to protest British rule. Members of the Sons of Liberty included John Adams, Paul Revere, James Otis, John Hancock, and thousands more.
#2: what caused it: In simplest terms, the Boston Tea Party happened as a result of “taxation without representation”, yet the cause is more complex than that. The Tea Act of 1773 was designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade. The low tax allowed the East India Company to undercut even tea smuggled into America by Dutch traders, and many colonists viewed the act as another example of taxation tyranny.
3: When did it happen, 1773, I already said that,
#4, Where did it happen: Specifically in Boston, at Griffin’s wharf, although that’s specific location is debated; the ships moored were the Beaver, Eleanor, and Dartmouth.
#5: Possibly 116, not exactly sure, anonymous people who took their secrets of that night’s events to their graves for fear of British persecution. In fact during the raid they dressed up as pirates when they boarded the ship and dumped about $18,000 of tea. Parliament was furious when they found out, enacted the Coercive Acts which made tensions higher in the united colonies.
1941 – Tokyo announced it had seized 225 American and British merchant ships. They also claimed that twenty one American and British naval vessels had either been destroyed or badly disabled in less than two weeks. FDR came up with a new war council. And America would get revenge on Japan, oh yes indeed.
In 1997, thanks to the American invention of the television, On December 16, 1997, an episode of Pokémon would send over six hundred Japanese children to the hospital. Yet another really bad day in history. The episode, called Electric Soldier Porygon, contained a scene about 20 minutes into it where animators used a rapidly strobing technique that flashed red and blue lights on the screen, and all hell broke loose. All throughout japan, hundreds of kids experienced dizziness, nausea, blurred visions, and some passed out. That Pokémon episode has been banned ever since. Take that, land of the Rising Sun.
1966 — Jimi Hendrix released his first single, “Hey Joe”. The record made it to number 6 in the UK, but failed to chart at all in America. He followed with “Purple Haze”, “The Wind Cries Mary”, “All Along the Watchtower” and “Voodoo Chile”, all of which made the British Top 10, but in America, only “All Along the Watchtower” reached the Top 40, peaking at number 20.