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Said in fun . as that it made the price too steep. \i was allwell enough to steep the tea, but when it was proposed tosteep the price as well, their patriotic scnils revolted. Thisaction of the Bostonian Indians resulted in steeping thecountry in a war with Hn.^iand. The first blood shed was at the battle of Lexington, in177s; it came from an English otTicer who was wounded inthe heel. In the same year occurred the battle of Bunker was at Bunker Hill, it will be remembered, that the lamentedWarren fell. He fell from the top of the monument and waskilled instantly. It was shortly after
Said in fun . as that it made the price too steep. \i was allwell enough to steep the tea, but when it was proposed tosteep the price as well, their patriotic scnils revolted. Thisaction of the Bostonian Indians resulted in steeping thecountry in a war with Hn.^iand. The first blood shed was at the battle of Lexington, in177s; it came from an English otTicer who was wounded inthe heel. In the same year occurred the battle of Bunker was at Bunker Hill, it will be remembered, that the lamentedWarren fell. He fell from the top of the monument and waskilled instantly. It was shortly after this battle that George Washingtonwas unanimously chosen Commander in Chief, with fourmajor generals, one of whom was Artemus Ward. Wardfought well, but he was a poor speller, and very fond ofjoking. On the Fourth of July, 1770, the Declaration of Independ-ence, written by Thomas Jefferson, the original JelfersonianDemocrat, was adopted, and the United States of Americaassumed a local habitation and a name. 91. 92 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. m\i 2 01961 t. >.»*• MAY 2 41975 Form Ij9-)7>n f=i,55(B333Us4)444
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