Tea Party protests

Vanessa Williamson’s The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism is written with a much more academic structure than Occupy Nation. However, I probably enjoyed Tea Party the most of the books we have read this semester because it was the most clearly written. Although the authors…

Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson’s collaboration, The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, and Todd Gitlin’s book, Occupy Nation, examine the formation and workings of two politically dichotomous social movements, the Tea Party Movement and the Occupy Wall Street Movement respectively. Both books profile each social movement profoundly and conduct rigorous research before making their respective conclusions about the causes and effects of each social movement. I found both…

Who is a Tea Partier? Surrounded by the silence of a cool winter night, three ships nestled within the peaceful, warming waters of Boston Harbor. All at once, with a sudden shriek, the serenity that encompassed the harbor had all but shattered as colonists dressed in Indian garb marched onto and seized three British ships. Under the warlike, fiery gaze of the constellation Orion, the disguised colonists, determined in their resolve, dumped 342 crates of Britain’s finest tea in the bottomless…

The Boston Tea Party was quite an event in American History, it was a very powerful sense of rebellion. Today I will be discussing different viewpoints of this event from five different people. With its major impact it had, people have quite a lot to say about this action of resistance. I will be discussing sources from the textbook, America: A Narrative History, online sources and RCC Library sources. I shall discuss arguments, summarize articles, and determine if an article is biased or…

Already aware of "how irritating it was to be challenged by British sentries after dark" (36), Hewes understood the struggle of the colonists. There was a man who attempted to collect an overdue bill from one of the soldiers. A disturbance then broke out that led to the calling of more guards and a formation of crowds. Fights ensued and some were killed. The man that was sent to collect the bill was a worker for a barber and otherwise considered lower class. Among those who were murdered that…

“Salutary Neglect” was the period of time between 1607 and 1763 where those that were assigned to enforce the Navigation Acts were not adequately carrying out their duties, leading the colonists to feel more independent and less connected to Britain. This was a problem because when England started demanding these heavy taxes, the colonists felt it was unjust and uncalled for. Subsequently, the colonists were displeased with the Sugar Act because it was a tax for revenue, rather than for the…

There was war and bloodshed. I am still haunted at night in my cold, smoky hut with their painful cries of agony ringing in my ears. I remember seeing them sprawled out on the grassy hills as their last breaths escaped their body. Their sorrowful plea for help echoing through the valley. I remember being helpless. I could not do anything to help them. My friends are dying. Hundreds of soldiers gave their lives for us. I remember when the Boston Tea party happened. It was the road that led us…

Johnny also shows humbleness when instead of losing his temper, he instead counts to ten . Johnny Tremain faces many challenges in the novel. For example, when Johnny burns his hand, and he can not be a silversmith anymore. That is a challenge, because, being a silversmith is the only thing that he knows how to do. Another challenge that Johnny faces are when Mr. Lyte, takes Johnny into court and has him arrested , because he decided to tell Mr. Lyte about his cup, and he steals Johnny`s cup…

On May 10th, 1773, the Boston Tea Act was signed by the British. This allowed the British to have a complete monopoly on tea and raise its price and taxes, leading to the Boston Tea Party. After the Tea Act was passed, the East India Company was allowed to have a complete monopoly on virtually all tea sales, enabling them to raise the prices. The Colonists became more and more angered by the high tea prices, and began to protest the British and the East India Tea Company. On December 16th,…

Chapter Five The Boston Tea Party: The Boston Tea Party was one of the biggest protests ever to have been done. Samuel Adams leading it, he got the sons of Liberty to dress like indians, board ships carrying many chests of tea and dumped them into the water. 342 chests of tea turned the water of the harbor to brown, making this one of the biggest protests ever. That tea was worth thousands, maybe even millions of dollars. This protest was stopped when british soldiers came. It was…