We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
If I remember correctly, Sam Addams was a major figure in the Sons of Liberty. His cousin John was embarrassed by this action and urged the community to make amends. He felt it demonstrated a lawless mob that could not govern itself. John was also the defender of the British soldiers charged with murder in the Boston Massacre several years before.
An ancestor of mine (James Stoddard) was in the Boston Tea Party. He was 17 at the time.
In fact, a majority of those in the Tea Party (whose ages were known) were under 20.