Question

The verses below come from a colonial poem entitled “A Lady’s Adieu to Her Tea-Table.” Read them and then answer the following questions below.







Farewell the Teaboard with your gaudy attire,
Ye cups and saucers that I did admire;
To my cream pot and tongs I now bid adieu;
That pleasure’s all fled that I once found in you...
No more shall my teapot so generous be
In filling the cups with this pernicious [evil] tea,
For I’ll fill it with water and drink out of same,
Before I’ll lose Liberty that dearest name...

What does she hope this action will win for her and the

Answer 1

colonies