Essays on Tea Party

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Introduction The Boston Tea Party was an important episode in the history of America which gave way to the American War of Independence. This war was fought to highlight the oppressive measures by Britain, or the mother country as it was known. The Boston Tea Party is the reaction to the attitude of Britain towards its American colonies. According to TH Breen, ordinary people in predominantly rural communities were the highlight of the ensuing American Revolution (Carp, 421). This essay begins with the non-importation agreement in Boston. This is followed by the lapse of the ...

Why the War for Independence was Justified Rebellion?

The American Revolution or the War for Independence was a justified rebellion because people should be allowed to freely make their own choices within the boundaries of any governmental institution. The British government at the time had according to Thomas Jefferson become destructive of one’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. How unfairly it was for Great Britain to impose a tax on the American colonies? There was also no representation in parliament. This was unfair to the colonists, and it needed to be abolished. The politics of taxing the colonists would only benefit the ...

Central to American independence was the Revolutionary War of between 1775 and 1783, which saw the English Empire relinquish her control of the Thirteen Colonies in North America. Freedom came with the eradication of all monarchical rules and the formation of the United States of America under a Constitution to protect democracy. In that sense, Britain lost her territories because of the conflicts that emerged between the Empire and the colonists. Evidently, from the fact that the mother country sought to exert direct control over the colonies from its distant location to the notions of liberty that permeated the ...

The Tea Act Of 1773

Slide 2 The Seven Year’s War of between 1754 and 1763 and the signing of the Treaty of Paris to end the skirmishes formed the foundations on which tensions emerged between the Thirteen Colonies and the mother country (Zinn, 2005, p.59). Two factors facilitated the emergence of independence sentiments in the colonies as the colonies no longer needed the protection of the powerful Britons: The war brought perceptions of equality between the colonists and the English populace residing in the mother country (Foner, 2011, p.189). Britain was at a disadvantage as it remained with an “enormous debt and ...

Governing structure in Texas usually includes the executive officials, legislators and state judges. The government structure has been satisfactory to some extent following the relevance of the system being executed. That could be the definition of the good side of the governing structure. On the bad side, the governing structure may be unfavorable to some citizens thus denying all the members of the public an opportunity to enjoy the pride that should come with proper governance. Also, the structure may be defined as ugly if some of the initiatives by the government are not the most outstanding and attractive ...

Question 1.

Historian Annette Gordon-Reed states: “I think that you should approach the study of history with a spirit of curiosity. Be open minded about the possibility that the story is much bigger than what has been presented.” Considering the textbook and the discussion board content, choose one topic of American History between 1492 - 1865 on which your thinking has changed to a “bigger” understanding. Generally, all historical themes contribute to the improvement of my open-mindedness and expansion of outlook, but I would like to mark the topic of the American Revolution. Indeed, the American Revolution was a crucial part ...

American Revolutionary War is the revolution, which aimed at gaining the US independence because of the growing conflict between some American colonies and the British Crown. Though initially being a revolution, it soon developed into the international war, as France got involved in it in 1775 ("American Revolution History - American Revolution - HISTORY.com", 2009, n.p.). So, what were the causes and consequences of the American Revolutionary War? What role did French and Indian War play? What was the effect of taxation? Let us consider these and some other aspects of American Revolutionary War in detail.

Causes and Consequences

Until the beginning ...

Elections usually come down to a handful of states due to the way the Electoral College is set up. Those states are Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and Colorado, also known as “swing” states or “purple” states. This assumes that each party holds on to its core big states. The democrats have California, New York, and Illinois. The republicans have Texas. What would happen if either party lost one of their key states? Well, doing a little math, the republicans only have one. To say it would have a rippling effect would be an understatement. Before we can answer this question, ...

The US government has recently been embroiled in a series of fresh scandals under the Obama administration. The nature of the United States dictates that the actions of the government elected over the polity are in direct oversight of the polity by virtue of the rights of citizens. This creates an environment wherein political figures are often tried by the court of public opinion despite the possibility of the ostensible legality of their actions. In what was one of the most sensational scandals of the last century, President Bill Clinton saw his administration stained very seriously following his illicit sexual ...

Introduction

The Tea Party movement in the United States is greatly influencing the political agenda of the Republican National Party. Although the Tea Party movement did not get its running start until late 2009, the movement has gained great momentum since the midterm elections of 2010. Furthermore, the 2014 midterm election results on all three levels of government (national, statewide and local) reiterates the popular notion that the Tea Party movement fails to be merely a passing phenomenon, but is fundamentally changing the Republican Party (Hook 1).

The Tea Party Movement

The Tea Party is primarily made up of conservative and libertarian politicians, among the ...

One of the more striking features of the 2012 Presidential election in the United States was the refusal of any Republican candidates for any office to support, at least publicly, any sort of new taxes of any kind. Whether it was in the initial debates leading up to the primary season, or in the debates between Governor Romney and President Obama, the Republican argument was that all deficit reduction should come from reductions in spending rather than adding any new revenue streams to the government. The person behind this motif in the campaign was the one who shaped politics ...

Introduction

I have identified Michelle Bachman, a republican frontrunner as the leader who is written about in the media. The news article in question is from The New Yorker, and it is entitled LEAP OF FAITH: the making of a Republican Frontrunner. It is an analysis op/ed piece.

The article characterizes her in the first sentence as a ‘Tea party insurgent’ giving us a clue to her main power base which is the Republican Tea Party. She also identifies very strongly with the Christian Conservative movement. The writer notes that her appeal (to voters) is based on ‘right wing convictions, beliefs and ...

Prior the Revolutionary War of between 1775 and 1783, Britain was in control of its American colony, much to the chagrin of the latter. With the colonization came laws of governance imposed on the Americans as a form of dominance by the British forces. With the forced management and the increasing need for independence among the colonized nation, the resulting tense relations were inevitable if not expected. Boston city was no different as its people continued to repel the presence of the Britons in its society. Consequently, on March 5, 1770, a confrontation between people from both sides, in Boston Massachusetts, ...

BOSTON TEA PARTY

If a person with poor knowledge of history hears the name of the event it will arouse association with some meeting of forebears known by their portraits on bank notes, sitting at a served table with cups in their hands. The fact that the event took place in Boston in the territory called Massachusetts being a British colony at those times and that later becoming a state, one might guess from the name and tea really had a relation with this historical fact. The name of the event is of an ironically uttered character. In order to understand why such a big party of expensive ...

Introduction

William Jordan says, “Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.” His quote reflects the wisdom and growth that Alice goes through in wonderland. The novel follows the story about a seven-year-old who is bored by her sister’s constant reading of childish stories. Alice is in search of adventure, and one of her exploits leads her to Wonderland, where the adventure begins. The story is about maturity in a world where reasoning does not apply. In wonderland, as it will be discussed, Alice is seen to grow in terms of her thinking about the world. There are specific events that contribute ...

A successful revolt of the British thirteen colonies in North America was an extremely important historical event leading to the establishment of an entirely new country, the United States of America, across the Atlantic Ocean. The victory of Britain in in the Seven Years' War of 1756-1763 turned the British Empire into a dominant power in the North American continent. As a result of the war, Britain reclaimed its position as the ruler of the thirteen colonies along the Atlantic coast up to Georgia in the south, as well as seized control over the French Canadian territories in the north. Nonetheless, ...

The ways in which people interpret the past are often colored by the ways in which they see their contemporary times. One of the more colorful phenomena of American politics in the early twenty-first century has been the emergence of the Tea Party, a group that appears to want to roll back the role of government in American affairs much like the American colonists wanted to roll back British influence in North America. When a group of colonists stormed Boston Harbor in the guise of Mohawk Indians, bent on throwing a load of British tea into the harbor in protest against a new ...

Seven Years War: Seven Years War is the long struggle between the countries of Great Britain and France to gain control and supremacy over North America. The significance of the war is that it involved several countries that fought over the land, in the sea and all over the land. The result was that France lost all of its possessions to Britain, and marked the commencement of British epoch outside Europe. Proclamation of 1763: King George III introduced the Proclamation of 1763 on October 7, 1763. The Proclamation was issued to announce the acquisition of the French territory ...

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Book Review # 1: The Boston Tea Party: The Foundations of Revolution

The Boston Tea Party: the Foundations of Revolution is a book by James M. Volo. The book was published in 2012 at Westport, United States of America by Praeger Publishers Inc. The book is related to Regional History Genre and provides an exciting and enthralling synopsis of the Boston Tea Party. The vast majority of American people have hostile feelings regarding the extensive industrial aid and rescue and extravagant government expenditure that contributed to the tea party revolution. An identical kind of political supporting, offense, and reaction led to the insurgence of Boston Tea Party in ...

The Boston Tea Party was one of the major historic events during the revolutionary war in the year 1773. The historical event had a different meaning to the Americans, as well as, the British. To start with the Boston Tea Party marked a new period of liberty and victory to the Americans, The American Perspective of the historic event was not in line with the British perspective (Sanjay, 37). For instance, in the year 1770, the Americans protested leading to the parliament to cancel the duties imposed to the Townshend. However, the parliament did not cancel the entire Townshend duties. Instead, ...

Does market Democracy offer an attractive reconciliation between Classical Liberalism and High Liberalism?

A market democracy is also known as democratic capitalism or capitalist democracy. This is defined as a social, political and economic system that is a tripartite kind of arrangement. It is an economy that is market and democratically based. Here, the government gives economic incentives through fiscal policies and free markets. On the other hand, classical liberalism is defined as an ideology and philosophy that belongs to the liberalism school of thought. It emphasizes secure freedom of individuals that has a limited kind of government. In this kind of liberalism, the government does not have much power or control. The power is ...

The tea party is a political movement in the United States that is mainly concerned for advocating reductions in federal budget and the national debt. Such reductions are proposed on grounds of minimizing taxes and the government spending. The movement perpetuates moral authority in that is evident in the history of the United States. The tea party has been perceived as conservative, populist and partly libertarian from different quarters. It has a history since 2009 of supporting some political personalities while it is also known to have been involved in sponsoring political protests. The tea party joined the political arena in ...

Compare how 2 different authors used the same historical data and the same events in 2 different ways. Describe how accurate each of these author’s works were to the real event and what they had changed.

Introduction:

Both David McCullogh’s ‘John Adams’ and Sherman Edwards Petersburg’s 1776 are works of art which deal with the Founding Fathers and the American War for Independence. Whilst the former is a biography in the grand manner (as we are used to by McCullogh, the latter is a musical which revives the spirit of that important year and is full of interesting and ...

Abstract

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the two major wings of the political phenomenon in one of the world’s oldest democracy, the United States of America. Democrats and Republicans came together on doctrines of completely different ideologies and therefore their take on issues have always remained different, though agreements have occurred on small scale now and then. This article is a discussion of differences and rarer similarities between these two wings and the differences amongst factions within.

Introduction

The United States of America is, without a doubt, one of the oldest democracies in history. The political history of United ...

MARKET SEGMENTATION

Abstract For a new product launch it is imperative that the stakeholders scan the environment for the feasibility of the product success and acceptability in the eyes of the prospective consumers. The reason intent of every product or service is to induce trial in the target market by leveraging the brand’s key assets i.e. the unique shape, taste, variety etc. It is important to achieve an emotional connection with the primary target market with the claim and thus eventual credibility in the minds of the consumers and thus develop the brand’s equity by building a brand identity ...

Political Ideology

The history of American politics can be traced back to the 18th century when the nation was fighting to gain independence. After decades of struggle, United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776. This was a fundamental achievement because it laid the ground for the making the country’s constitution and in determining the political direction of the country. Many years after this momentous occasion, political figures and the citizens alike have looked back to the spirit of the founding fathers for inspiration and to gain an understanding of what it means to be an American. Therefore, the history ...

Introduction

Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America is a book written by Benjamin L.Carp and published in the year 2010. In this elegant and thrilling book, Carp provides the reader with a vivid description of the Boston Tea Party. The book explodes various myths and explores the scintillating Boston city life. Carp embarks on a phenomenal story telling session where he vividly brings to life the different individuals and places that have been brought together by the Tea Party -from English businesspersons to tea pickers from China, plantation slaves, native Americans and Boston’s so ...

ABSTRACT

Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, which called for independence and denounced the monarchy as absurd, would not have found any audience in the thirteen British colonies in North America in 1776. After all, they had been on the winning side in the Seven Years War, which destroyed French power in North America forever, and their ruling elites expected to benefit from expanding trade and land speculation opportunities within the British Empire. They also thought that the ‘benign neglect’ that the colonies had grown accustomed to in the 18th Century would continue as before and they would largely ...

Abstract

The American Revolutionary War began in 1775 and ended in 1783. Originally, the war was fought by the British on one side and the Americans on the other side, but developed into a war between the Great Britain on one side and United States, France, Spain and Netherlands on the other side. In 1783, the United States of America and the British government signed a treaty to cease fighting, and this marked the official separation of United States from the British rule; the treaty officially recognized the existence of United States as a sovereign state. From the onset, this paper examines the ...

The revolutionary war, taking place from April, 19, 1775 and ending on September, 3, 1783, is one of the important turning points in the history of United States of America. Anne M. Todd gives a thoughtful insight into the circumstances leading to war, the battle locations, weapons used during the war, and the crucial authorities leading the war in her book (The Revolutionary War). According to Todd, the Revolutionary War occurred because the colonists wanted to separate from the Great Britain, and form an independent nation. A series of legislative mistakes by the British parliament emboldened the revolutionaries call for ...

Abstract

In the study of social, moral and emotional development process in children, I carried out a research on four children selected from different age groups; a pre-school, elementary, middle school and high school. I did this to ensure all the stages of child development were studied, laying emphasis on one gender in a bid to give a clear depiction of the developmental changes that occur as the child grows older. On completion, I compiled and did an analysis of the answers in respect to characteristics and milestones displayed at each stage thus making a conclusion on the developmental process in my study.

INTRODUCTION

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The Boston Tea Party was a campaign by the Boston sons of liberty against the British tax policy and the India Company that controlled the importation of tea. On December 1773, some colonists boarded and demolished the tea after Boston officials declined returning the taxed shiploads of tea (Burgan 23). The Tea party was termination of a resistance progress in British America against the Tea Act that the British government had passed in 1773. Colonists rejected the Tea Act since they thought that it desecrated the Englishmen rights to taxation. Protesters successfully prohibited those who unloaded the taxed tea in ...

Report on Jeff Shaara’s Rise to Rebellion

This novel describes the events in North America and Britain in 1770-76 that led up to the Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. Its plot is divided into three sections (The Right and the Power, Lions and Lambs, and The Flag Unfurled), beginning on the day of the Boston Massacre in March 1770, and continuing with the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts of 1774, the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 and the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to debate the pros and cons of independence. All of the major historical characters are portrayed in ...

In his youthful days, Sam Adams had an immense influence over the Bostonians (especially during the 1760s and the 1770s). To his credit, Sam Adams led the Bostonians in opposing the British rule. He was at the forefront fighting for the colonies to be freed from the British dominance. This fight was not in vain because soon the states would come together to fight a common enemy: the British rulers. The events in Boston prepared the way for United States to gain self-independence. To a great extent, Sam Adams participated in fighting for the rights of the people due to his ...

In the history of the United States, the term “Tea Party” ties back to the 1773 Boston Tea Party, which was one of the defining moments of the Revolutionary War. The raid on British ships by Boston’s Sons of Liberty became an iconic moment, due to their poetic, grassroots method of rebelling against the unfair taxes of the English government. By throwing tea in response to the Tea Act of 1773, colonists expressed their displeasure that the English government was taxing them without providing proper representation in their own colonies1. Throughout the years, the legacy of the Boston ...

Abstract

The Tea Party Movement is a movement marred with a mix of rejoinders and ideologies. Coming from a long history dating back in mid to late 18th century, the movement has stuck its roots deep into the American society. Various writers have taken a keen interest in the Tea Party Movement and trying to grasp its fundamental belief pattern. However, sad to say is, the fact that, with such a complex setting, it is imperative that different factions of the movement hold divergent beliefs that tend to create relative confusion. While one faction believes that the tax burden is overwhelming, others take such opportunities ...

In the United States of America, the links between journalism and public reaction easily trace back to 1788 when the Independent Journal and The New York Packet published the original essays for the Federalist Papers serially, giving free rein to public commentary on the issues that were later to become The Bill of Rights. . The technology of the day that made that possible was the moving type printing press and improved delivery systems that brought the papers out to the public on a regular basis. Radio brought the news every day into peoples’ homes. However, public reaction to news changed ...

1. The name and the website of the interest group. The name of the interest group selected is Business- Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC). The business oriented political group’s website is www.bipac.org. You can find its page and platform portal on the internet.

2. What is the goal of the interest group? Being a business political action committee, the group’s goal is to ensure that businesses belonging to their members are protected (Edsall, 11). They provide information to all the relevant stakeholders in business from their grassroots concerning the issues affecting their businesses. By doing this, ...

Why did the Boston Tea Party become an iconic event in the American Revolution

The Boston Tea Party remains one of the most important events in American political history as it was basically the spark which set everything off. The people in Boston were rebelling against the astronomically high duties payable on British tea which had to be borne by themselves and this was seen as a grossly unfair tax on the American nation. The maxim ‘No taxation without representation’ is the main element here and it was basically a revolt by the common people against the arbitrary and totalitarian British state who imposed its will without taking note of the consequences.

The Boston Tea Party and Alfred Young

In his skillfully ...

Teaparty.org appears to be the official website for the Tea Party political movement. The website is designed to educate and inform visitors of the movement and what it stands for. There is a particularly easy to read About Us section, which introduces the Tea Party as “a grassroots movement that calls awareness to any issue that challenges the security, sovereignty, or domestic tranquillity of our beloved nation, the United States of America” (Tea Party). It also lists a set of fundamental beliefs that the Tea Party uphold and adhere to. Furthermore, the site has a detailed Events page, featuring a list of Tea Party ...

Intuition

The Tea Party Movement is an American political effort. Generally speaking, it is known to be both conservative and libertarian in nature. As a group, the Tea Partiers believe in the constitution, and strongly oppose the growth in national spending. In some ways, the Tea Party are obtaining the recognition that they are looking for, by way of public stunts and marches. Overall, however, the movement appears to be another attempt at leading a revolution, and is unlikely to succeed.

In his article, The Tea-Party Tradition, Daniel Hannan (2010) contests that the movement is “unaffiliated but conservative, political but sceptical toward ...

A1.

The two strategies that the Whig leader Samuel Adams might have used are: making connections and identification of direction of the main ideas. These two strategies focus on sharpening the aim of a discussion and exploring deeper into the discussion. Through making connections to various Whigs and participants, Samuel was able to sharpen the focus of the problem hence a convening of the meeting at Old South Meeting House. Alternatively, identification of the direction of the problem at hand—a part of exploring strategy—resulted in Samuel resolving that the ships returning to Britain without Tax being paid.

A2.

Critical thinking is important ...

Q. 1. The first strategy Thomas Hutchinson or Samuel Adams likely used to develop and improve their thinking before taking a stand and acting on their beliefs is the skill of recognizing and assessing a problem through observation. For example, before Samuel Thomas opposed the Stamp Act, he actually knew the source and effects of the Act to him as a local writer. The second strategy they possibly might have used is the skill of laying a possible scheme, analyzing and interpreting possible implications of their actions. For example, the actions of Samuel Thomas and other radicals of preventing the unloading of the ...

Racism has always been a topic of argues, rebellions, fights and even wars. Having such a diversified world, people have always found it very difficult to live with other nationalities. Moreover, after the ‘launch’ of globalization and integration, people have understood that there is no uniqueness left in a single country anymore. Some have managed to cope with it, while others are revolted, filled with indignation and hatred to others, who at least somehow differ from them.

The United States is a bright example of a multinational country: it is embracing dozens of nationalities from all over the world. It is opening its doors ...