Within Our Power: The Story of the Edenton Ladies' Tea Party

by Sally Walker

In 1774, many people in thirteen of Great Britain's North American colonies were angry. They had been ordered to pay money--taxes--to the government. However, they had no governmental representatives in faraway England to say how they wanted their money spent. The colonists rallied around the cry "Taxation Without Representation." They boycotted tea, cloth, and other British products. Fearing punishment for protesting the unfair practice, some...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865265062
• ISBN13: 9780865265066
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6