TIL that both George Washington and Ben Franklin disagreed with the Boston Tea Party, and Franklin even offered to pay the British back for the destruction of the tea
https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/how-the-boston-tea-partys-destruction-of-the-tea-changed-american-history
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gkddz4/til_that_both_george_washington_and_ben_franklin/
https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/how-the-boston-tea-partys-destruction-of-the-tea-changed-american-history
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gkddz4/til_that_both_george_washington_and_ben_franklin/
How the Boston Tea Party's 'Destruction of the Tea' Changed American History
Attacks on private property enraged Colonial leaders and the British public, hardening positions and ruling out compromise.Bunk History
