The old man with the apples is viewed to be similar to the old man of the sea because..

1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.

the south did not want the federal laws to overrule the state laws.

major cities in delaware colony included wilmington and georgetown. major towns in new jersey colony included trenton and princeton. major towns in pennsylvania colony included philadelphia, lancaster, and york. major industry in the middle colonies included farming, forest and timber, coal, furs and iron ore.

people vote for representatives who will make decisions on their behalf.