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    loss for the Republican Party‚ the Tea Party emerged seen as the savior the GOP needed‚ and in their eyes‚ the saviors of the collapsing country. The grassroots movement mainly composed of conservative‚ white middle-class citizens gained traction and exposure through Republican business elites‚ national advocates and funders‚ and media exposure‚ particularly conservative news sources with Fox News leading the way. With these outside factors and diffusion methods‚ Tea Party ideals quickly spread and

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    The Tea Party Movement and The Occupy Movement The Tea Party movement originated in Great Britain in 1773 it later became known as the Boston Tea Party and protesters fought against taxes by the British without any governmental representation for the American colonists (Miller‚ 2012‚ p. 18). The Occupy movement originated in 2011 in a park in New York City‚ the financial district. This movement spread rapidly across to other cities. The Occupy movement is against corporate greed (Wood‚ J.). Both

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    Boston Tea Party How was the Boston Tea Party started? the people that helped in the boston tea party were samuel adams‚ the sons of liberty‚ and a small group of men towards boston harbor. The act of american colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. for more refuge seeking to boost the troubled East India Company‚ British Parliament adjusted import duties with the passage of the Tea Act in 1773. While consignees in Charleston‚ New York‚ and Philadelphia all very much rejected tea shipments

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    you can hear the wind blowing thru the town of Boston‚ with a full blue moon shining over Boston something big happen that made history. It is called the Boston Tea party because the Colonist had enough of the King putting taxes on things without telling them. That night they threw a whole cargo of tea overboard into the sea that came from Britain. The Boston Tea Party had a greater impact leading the colonies towards fighting for Independence from Britain. The King was making taxes without telling

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    constitution. Throughout history many have felt that the government has not had the peoples best interest in mind and have united peacefully to bring about change. These movements include the great Boston Tea Party‚ the Women’s Suffrage Movement‚ and never could we forget Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.`s Civil Rights Movement. The Boson Tea Party‚ a mass protest on December 16th 1773‚ was a protest against the British government. This protest has immeasurable importance to the history of the United Sates

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    generations are metaphorically speaking the same tune. The Tea Party movement began in the summer of 2009.The Occupy Wall Street movement was motioned by the Canadian activist group‚ Adbusters‚ and officially began on September 17‚ 2011. Protesting of these groups are the result of countless intrusions of the United States government and the unequal justice of the corporations that run the capitalist market. The Tea Party movement mainly consists of middle-aged members that largely

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    From the outspoken events of the Boston Tea Party to the courageous acts of the Civil Rights Movements‚ the United States has been built on the idea of a free society‚ where all men are created equal‚ and where equal representation is practiced throughout the states. But throughout history‚ the laws of the government have sometimes suppressed specific groups of American citizens‚ causing many to feel betrayed or unworthy in the eyes of our Founding Fathers. That’s why in 1776‚ the Founding Fathers

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    Boston Tea Party - by m.ems The Boston Tea Party is considered to be the boiling point in a series of events leading up to the revolutionary war against the British. When a group of devout colonists‚ boarded British tea ships and unloaded their cargo into the Boston harbor‚ America would be changed forever. What was‚ at first‚ seen as an act of mischievous rebellion‚ turned out to be one of the most influential events in America’s revolutionary history. It not only crippled the already

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    The Tea Party Then and Now Gerald Beaudet – PLS 220 Capstone In Boston the Tea Party of 1773 forever changed the face of America. In Chicago on February 23rd of 2009 Rick Santelli proclaimed it was time for a “Chicago style Tea Party in July.” (Santelli‚ 2009)Those words spoken by Rick Santelli started a grass roots movement that has changed politics and has influenced elections ever since. During the founding of our nation one important event stands true as one of the most important events

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    The Boston Tea Party was a significant event in the years leading up to the American Revolution. By 1773 tensions were mounting as British America’s relationship with Mother England became increasing strained. The British Empire has secured victory in the French and Indian Wars but had run up an incredible war debt. King George III and the British Government looked to taxing goods in the American colonies as a means to replenish its treasury. It was in this the passing of the Tea Act 1773 that

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