Prescot Tea Party is a group of people in Arizona whom have said "We are mad as HELL and we are not going to take it anymore!"
# Five were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
# Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
# Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army.
# One had his two sons captured.
# Nine fought and died from wounds or hardships.
# Carter Braxton of Virginia saw the ships he owned swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts and died in rags.
# Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken form him, and poverty was his reward.
# Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton,
Winnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
# At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr. noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson Home for his headquarters, He quietly urged General George Washington to Open Fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
# Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The British jailed his wife and she died within a few months.
# John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their thirteen children fled for their lives, his fields and gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. He died a few weeks later from exhaustion and a broken heart.
· Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
# Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
# Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army.
# One had his two sons captured.
# Nine fought and died from wounds or hardships.
# Carter Braxton of Virginia saw the ships he owned swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts and died in rags.
# Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken form him, and poverty was his reward.
# Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton,
Winnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
# At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr. noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson Home for his headquarters, He quietly urged General George Washington to Open Fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
# Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The British jailed his wife and she died within a few months.
# John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their thirteen children fled for their lives, his fields and gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. He died a few weeks later from exhaustion and a broken heart.
· Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
The 56 Men Who Freed Us
from British Taxes by Signing Our Declaration Of Independence
What is it, you ask yourself...What can I do?
We the People need "BOOTS ON THE GROUND!"...Can you give 2 hours a month for freedom? 2 hours a week? 2 days a month...2 day a week? Give your time now and We the People won't have to turn out like our forefathers and give it all later!
