In this unit‚ I had learned about various acts‚ enlightenment thinkers‚ the Boston Tea Party‚ etc. For this project‚ we had to create a pamphlet about independence. I talked about the Intolerable Acts‚ a series of acts created as an outcome of the Boston Tea Party which included The Quebec Act‚ The Massachusetts Government Act and The Quartering Act of 1774. These acts had negatively impacted the colonists as it took away the land which many of them had desired‚ political rights‚ individual rights
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On March 31‚ 1774‚ The Boston Port Act was passed. This act closed down and blockaded the port of Boston until the colonists had paid for the tea they destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. Many American Colonists were angry about this law. The next act passed by Parliament was the Massachusetts Government Act. This provoked even more outrage by the Colonists since it took away Massachusetts’ charter and put it under control of the British Government. On June 2‚ 1774‚ The Quartering Act was passed. Many
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Republican Party The Republican party is one of the oldest political party in the world. The Republican Party‚ commonly referred to as the GOP is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States‚ the other being its historic rival‚ the Democratic Party. GOP is what the republican party calls themselves which means grand old party. One of the differences between democrats and republicanslies in their views towards social issues. The Republicanstend to be
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In 1774‚ the Tea Act was enforced on American colonists and the start of an uproar began to break out on American topsoil. Furthermore‚ the Tea Act was generally created to gain financial revenue off the American colonists in hopes of the global British Empire expanding‚ after the British parliament gained control over the East Indies Company (Foner 148). Additionally‚ when large shipments of tea started to arrive at Griffin’s wharf‚ American colonists immediately began pondering ways to eliminate
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course of the colonists lives. With events such as the Boston Tea Party and various treaties being signed as acts of defiance against both the British and the French powers‚ the colonists as new Americans‚ were very rebellious in the years leading up to American declaring its independence from Great Britain. The issues the new nation faces against these global powers helped influence the domestic issues in the new country. The Boston Tea Party in 1773 was an event that the new colonists planned as an
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Sons of Liberty have done many terrible barbarous things in our country. They caused the Boston Tea Party and refused to pay the taxes given to them by the government. The Sons of Liberty caused and created the Boston Tea Party. The party took place on December 16‚ 1773 on the Boston Harbor. They dressed as Natives to hide their true identity and get away with breaking the law. The value of the tea that was dumped into the harbor was estimated to have been worth $1800 then and $700‚000 today inside
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The Rise and Decline of the Socialist Party in the United States Throughout American history‚ there have been an array of factions vying for votes in our democratic system of government. These organizations consist of leaders who believe in an idea and have developed ways to achieve that idea. Success of a political organization‚ or party‚ is based on how well leaders can convince people to follow them and join their ranks. Socialism as a political idea is based on cooperative ownership and
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I arranged for the Sons of Liberty‚ led by Paul Revere‚ to storm a British ship full of tea cargo and dump it into the water below. This drove the colonies into the brink of war because every time a British ship would enter the Boston Harbor‚ the tea cargo would be confiscated and dumped overboard. The revolution began in full swing as I represented Massachusetts in the first continental congress where I argued strongly
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born. The revolutionary period was different than colonial philosophies. The colonists began to take action to fight for their rights. Great Britain was taxing them without representation. To fix this problem the colonists established The Boston Tea Party in 1773. This
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Parties have a bit more power than they’re given credit for in amount of power they have over presidential nominations‚ but it’s still a limited amount of power over the nominating process. For one‚ the national party is able to state how many delegates are able to be sent from each state to the party’s national convention‚ but states themselves‚ not the party’s‚ choose their delegates. Also‚ states were able to at one point control caucuses as well until they were outlawed that state parties were
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