Round 10: Tossup 14

Penelope Barker may have led a group of women who burned this good in Edenton. Benjamin Rush described this good as being “something worse than death- the seeds of slavery.” The ships (-5[1])Eleanor, Beaver, and Dartmouth (15[1]-5[1])carried supplies (15[1])of this good partly (15[1]-5[1])owned (-5[1])by the sons of Thomas (15[1])Hutchinson. The only tax from the (*) Townshend Act (0[1])not repealed in (10[1])1770 (10[1])was on this (10[1])good, (10[2]-5[1])which was maintained to bail out the East India (-5[1])Company. (10[1])After gathering at the Old South Meeting House, a crowd led by the (10[1])Sons of Liberty destroyed 342 (10[2])chests (10[1])of this good. For 10 points, name this good that was dumped into Boston Harbor (10[1])in 1773 during a so-called “party.” ■END■

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