Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 5a Paul Revere Questions: |
Tea Caddy
Because of a high tax levied by England, tea was very
expensive in the colonies. By the middle of the 18th
century, a pound of tea cost a skilled worker the equivalent
of a third of his weekly wage. Colonists usually stored
their valuable tea in locked containers like this tea
caddy.
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