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 * **List of Facts** || **Evidence:** ||
 * 1)George Robert Twelve Hewes, a Boston shoemaker, participated in many of the key events of the Revolutionary crisis. Over half a century later, Hewes described his experiences to James Hawkes.

2)**Primary Source**: James Hawkes, //A Retrospect of the Boston Tea Party// (New York, 1834), pp. 36–41.

3)We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches, and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard, and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders; first cutting and splitting the chests with our tomahawks, so as thoroughly to expose them to the effects of the water.

4) The tea destroyed was contained in three ships, laying near each other, at what was called at that time Griffin’s wharf…

5) On the day preceding the seventeenth, there was a meeting of the citizens of the county of Suffolk, convened at one of the churches in Boston, for the purpose of consulting on what measures might be considered expedient to prevent the landing of the tea, || A uthor: Who created the source?  This piece of information is a primary info. The Author is James Hawkes P lace:  Where and when was it created?  NY. And it was created during the year of 1834. P rior Knowledge: What do you already know about it? colonists were often protesting and disobeying the laws that they dislike. Such as the navigation act, the sugar act, and the stamp act. Mobs often mobs fight with the British soldiers, and in the Boston Massacre, colonists threw snowballs with rocks and clubs at the British soldiers was a sign of protesting and express the anger the colonists had from all the British abuses. A udience: For whom was this source created? I think this source is created for future reference.It's available for anyone who wants to read it. R eason: Why was this source produced? I think this source was produced because James Hawkes might wanted to keep a record on the major events that Hwes participated in. Since Hwes was poorly educated but he told all his experiences to Hawkes that is related to the American history, so Hawkes might think that it's important to keep a written copy of the information that had made changes to the Americans. T he Main Idea: <span style="color: #ac4600; font-family: TimesNewRomanMS,sans-serif;">What point is it conveying? I think the Point that is conveying through the primary source is to let the readers understand how hard the colonists tried to planned out each protest to fight for the country's independence and freedom. So, without the contribution from them, our country may not shaped this way, or is still controlled by the British. <span style="color: #ff2900; font-family: TimesNewRomanMS,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">S <span style="color: #ac4600; font-family: TimesNewRomanMS,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">ignificance: <span style="color: #ac4600; font-family: TimesNewRomanMS,sans-serif;">Why is this source important? This source was important because it' a primary source that explained what did the colonists prepared and did during the day of the event, and it's told from the person who was part of that event. So, it's real and it's explicit. Also, this source of information is a major part of the US history, it helps to explain the past of our country. || I think the point of view of the author is to simply showed the people who participated in major events that helped to shaped our country, and what exactly they did to protest against the British ruled. ||
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