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through taxation, raising the debt ceiling, and printing more money. The Tea Party group promotes cutting back spending and reducing the size of government to create a debt free society for future generations. The Party is a “mainstream American,” group that believes in the U.S. constitution, the Declaration of Independence and is not a radical group. They promote personal and economic freedom and a debt free future. The Tea Party is for our freedom and rights as people and thats the way the…

The Boston Tea Party: What would have happened if it had never taken place? What would have happened if the colonists had never thrown the tea overboard?. On the night of December 16, 1773, three hundred forty-two chests of tea were thrown overboard into the Boston Harbor by Samuel Adams and The Sons of Liberty. They did this with the intention of having one goal in mind, meaning no more taxes. Since the Boston Tea Party was one of the biggest events that led up to the American Revolution, one…

understanding of the Boston Tea Party. Hewes tells of the town meeting held at the Old South Church where the colonists asked that the East India Company tea not be imported. Samuel Adams then rises from his seat and proclaims, “This meeting can do nothing to save the country.” Once the meeting was adjourned colonists took notice of the Mohawk Indians charging towards the harbor. The Indians paddled towards the British tea ship, hopped aboard, then proceeded to dump 18,000 pounds of tea into the…

British East India Company tea moored in Boston Harbor (Boston Tea Party Facts). Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty had boarded these three ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard (The Boston Tea Party). This event is known as The Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a key act of civil uprising, galvanizing Americans around the issue of taxation, and spurring them towards revolution. The Boston Tea Party was an essential step towards revolution. The Boston Tea Party had served as a…

Boston Tea Party: The Cause While the British Parliament were trying to save the stumbling East India Company by exempting them on the export tax, the American colonist viewed this act as another illustration of taxation tyranny. On December 16th of 1773, a group of colonist in Massachusetts disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, gathered in Boston Harbor on three different British tea ships and discarded 342 chests of tea over the ships and into the Harbor (“Boston Tea Party,” 2007). This…

On December 16th of 1773, the Boston Tea Party, a political protest organized and executed by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts would impact not only the relations of the colonists and the British in the 18th century, but also how America would become how it is today: a global power of its own. After the end of salutary neglect and the implementation of taxes designed to relieve war debts, the citizens of the colonies felt cheated due to the lack of representation in Parliament from…

The Shoemaker and The Tea Party: Book Assignment #1 PART I: IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS Historical Memory is oral and written testimonies from individuals who wither witnessed for took part in historical moments in history. Benjamin Bussey Thatcher was an American author who wrote Traits of the Tea Party (1835) which was the second biography to be written about George Robert Twelve Hewes. The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783. It started with the…

On December 16, 1773 the most major and well-known protest by the Bostonians took place, the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party involved a group of colonists led by Samuel Adams who dressed as Mohawk Indians and came aboard three British tea ships, dumping all of the crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. British officials were outraged by the Boston Tea Party and took drastic measures in order to discipline the colonies, such as the passing of the Intolerable Acts in 1774…

6. Boston Tea Party and the reactions in colonies and parliament The Tea Act of May1773 was enacted for the purpose of providing economic aid to the East India Company. High import fees led to the smuggling of non-Britain goods (Dutch tea) which subsequently resulted in the East India Company going into debt and holding a big surplus of tea that no one would buy. Since Britain needed this company they were given a loan and the cancelled the import fees. As a result the tea from the East India…

Ivy Tech University The Boston Tea Party Santeanna Colunga Survey Of American History 101-00F-F1-201620 Mark Myers December 7,2016 The British Parliament was finding many ways to make laws and impose taxes on the American colonies. The British Parliament is the supreme legislative body in the UK. They wanted to have complete control over America. They first started with the Proclamation Act of 1763. This act forbade settlement anywhere that passed a line drawn…