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    Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party is typically viewed as one of the most popular‚ well-known events of the Revolutionary War. The Boston Tea Party occurred on the night of December 17‚ 1773. The colonists were fed up with Britain taxing them and trying to regain control. The Boston Tea Party was a direct response to the Tea Act‚ an act created to save the East India Tea company‚ left the colonists paying very high taxes on tea. Many people drank tea and enjoyed it very much so it left many

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    colony had boarded three British tea ship as Mohawk Indians. They were protesting the taxes that the British had put in place on tea and had dumped 342 chests of tea in the harbor. The Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War by upsetting the Colonists due to the unfair taxation‚ overbearing British rule and the overgrowing differences between American and British beliefs. After the French and Indian war King George III and British Parliament had made a tax on tea to pay off the debts that resulted

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    We are a nation born of by an act of civil disobedience. On December 17‚ 1763 a group calling themselves “The Sons of Liberty” boarded three British tea ships and dumped the economic equivalent of $1.7million of tea into Boston Harbor. The “Boston Tea Party‚” was in protest of the Tea Act of 1773‚ a bill many colonists viewed as taxation tyranny. Consequently‚ Parliament closed Boston to merchant shipping and established military rule in Massachusetts. When our forebearers responded by calling the

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    On December 16‚1773 the Boston tea party took place. The Boston tea party is commonly described as the day the colonist threw over 200 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. But what instigated this kind of rebellion ? The answer to that lies in what happened prior to the day of the event. After the French and Indian war had ceased England realized that they needed a way to regain the money they had lost while the war was going on. King George III and the British parliament decided to issue a tax

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    Source A: This cartoon shows a British colonialist sitting on a box of tea after the Boston Tea Party. The colonist‚ clearly in a position of weakness‚ says “make no mistake… I’m still in command of this vessel.” Despite the colonist’s words‚ the patriots had clearly “won this battle”‚ and had taken a huge step forward towards independence. The cartoon shows that this event‚ organised by the Boston Patriots‚ weakened the colonists‚ and helped the Americans in their fight for independence. Context

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    The Wilmington Tea Party. As I was calmly dozing off in one of the beautiful hills adjacent to Wilmington‚ I could feel the cool breeze rushing over me. I peered down the hill‚ looking at the view of Wilmington. It was a really nice day in the summer of 1780. As I looked down‚ I could see a girl in a rush‚ prancing up the side of the hill. As the figure got closer‚ and closer. I could see that the figure was my daughter Madelyn. As she prances up the hill‚ she eventually gets to the top of the hill

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    The Wilmington Tea Party. As I was calmly dozing off in one of the beautiful hills adjacent to Wilmington‚ I could feel the cool breeze rushing over me. I peered down the hill‚ looking at the view of Wilmington. It was a really nice day in the summer of 1780. As I looked down‚ I could see a girl in a rush‚ prancing up the side of the hill. As the figure got closer‚ and closer. I could see that the figure was my daughter Madelyn. As she prances up the hill‚ she eventually gets to the top of the hill

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    head with a club and the soldiers fired even though the captain never said to. In revenge for the stamp act and Boston Massacre three radical patriots performed the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was when three radical patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians got on board of a British ship that was carrying 46 tons of tea and was dumped into the harbor. The conflict between the Monarchy and nobility over reform of tax system lead to bankruptcy and more. In the result the Monarchy ends up falling

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    The narrative visions of Malcolm X and that of "The Tea Party Conspiracy theories are created to explain events in the history labeled as “accidents” or “coincidence.” Social movement leaders use the “showing distrust” argument to persuade their followers of the existence of “something wrong” or “something that doesn’t fit” in the government and the organizations in charge of the public affairs. In the early 21st century‚ U.S. political movement that arose in reaction to the economic crisis of 2008

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    The event at the Edenton Tea Party was a hectic and scary event. It all started in 1773 when the king of England started to tax you for buying and drinking tea. The people of the American colonies‚ and all of England‚ started to boil with rage. They didn’t want to be taxed just for tea! In 1774‚ October 25‚ that Mrs. Penelope Barker organized‚ at the home of Elizabeth King‚ fifty-one women signed an alliance to never buy tea again. We named this‚ “Taxation without Representation.” The document said

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