Appendix A Midterm Exam Access the Week Four Electronic Reserve Readings located under the materials section of your student website. Read‚ watch‚ and listen to the media presented on the Boston Tea Party. Write a paragraph of approximately 100 words for each section listed below. Using the critical thinking skills you have gained so far and referring to the materials provided for this assignment‚ identify two possible strategies that Thomas Hutchinson or Samuel Adams likely used to develop
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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 truth of the accounts that took place December 16‚ 1773‚ a day remembered by Americans as The Boston Tea Party‚ is one that is disputed. It seems as though there is a basic story of American patriots dressed as Indians‚ carrying tomahawks and hatchets boarding three ships in the Boston Harbor and throwing overboard over 300 cargo containers full of British East-Indian Company tea that was sent by England to tax the colonies without agreement. These acts were carried out without damage to any
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Events that led to the Boston Tea Party: After the English won the French and Indian war in 1763‚ the King passed the Sugar Act (a set a tax on sugar and molasses)‚ the Stamp Act (a set tax on all legal papers)‚ and the Townshend Acts (taxes on glass‚ paint‚ oil‚ lead‚ paper‚ and tea.) The reason for passing these acts was to make up for all the money lost during the war and to pay for future costs. The colonists saw this as useless‚ and refused to pay the taxes set on certain items. The British
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belong to the members of the Tea Party movement who have hijacked and derailed the political direction of the GOP platform. Tea Party politicians stand on the principle of ideological conservatism‚ and hold strong attitudes towards social and financial issues that concern the American public. The Tea Party has enjoyed tremendous popularity for the last few years. A popularity that has helped the members establish an audience and a large supporting in the Republican Party. But the success of this social
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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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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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tireless minority... ~ Samuel Adams. Why is the Boston Tea Party important? The Boston Tea Party was important because it showed the American colonies had grown tired of no taxation without representation by the British. When the East India company was allowed to sell tea directly to America‚ the British insisted the tax be paid on it. This resulted in the dumping of tea cargoes into Boston Harbor. In this essay about The Boston Tea Party questions will be answered‚ the truth will be told and
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Tea Party Platform 1. Eliminate Extensive Taxes ▪ Believe that heavy taxes are a burden for those who apply their personal liberty to work hard ▪ Need for government to protect the freedom of citizens with interference of the government that has exceeded its necessary size or scope. 2. Eliminate National Debt ▪ there is a need to have fiscal conservative policies at all levels of government ▪ narrow down the national debt for the good of the average
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How the Tea Party Playbook Can Become the Democrats’ Anti-Trump Guide Since President Trump’s inauguration‚ Democrats have been calling for party unity to form an effective opposition against him. Democrats seem to have found an effective way to unite the party and start a resistance against Trump and his administration. By taking a page from the Tea Party playbook‚ the Democrats are building an uprising - one that the Trump administration will soon have to acknowledge. The plan is simple: start
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