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    Political Parties: Then and Now Do you know about the history of political parties? Do you know why it’s important to know about them? In this passage this is going to talk about why it is important to talk about the political parties. The government has many political parties but in 1796-1828 there were two major parties called the Federalist and Antifederalist. A Federalist is a person who desire to establish a strong central government they also follow laws and are more formal. An Antifederalist

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    During the tea party the women are oblivious to their hypocrisy. The woman want to fund and praise Mr.Everette for bringing Christianity to their lives. The woman believe they are only doing good. They pity the Mrunas on how “out there… there’s nothing but sin and squalor” and believe that need to save them. Yet when it comes to the blacks in their own village they believe that the Northerners are hypocrites because “up there [they] set ‘em free‚ but you don’t see ’em settin‘ at the table with ’em

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    Women’s movement in American History Many women throughout history have contributed to the rights and independence women claim today. They have fought in wars alongside men as well as fight against men for equal rights. So many of the woman deserve recognition for their bravery and dedicated acts. During the civil war women provided uniforms‚ blankets‚ sandbags‚ and cooked for the soldiers. Some women also acted as spies‚ such as rose Greenhow. She was a spy for the confederate army and was arrested

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    he Boston Tea Party (referred to in its time simply as "the destruction of the tea" or by other informal names and so named until half a century later‚[2]) was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston‚ a city in the British colony of Massachusetts‚ against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On December 16‚ 1773‚ after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain‚ a

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    overlook making when critically evaluating the information provided in these materials about the Boston Tea Party? Clarify the importance of that distinction‚ There is no particular situation I can put my finger on‚ this is an event that happened in 1773‚ facts are often skewed by word of mouth. For me to make a critical evaluation of the Boston Tea Party would almost be pointless as history is written and anything I have to say will not change this. The best I could do is try to look at the situation

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    Boston Tea Party When the Boston Tea Party occurred on the evening of December 16‚1773‚ it was the culmination of many years of bad feeling between the British government and her American colonies. The controversy between the two always seemed to hinge on the taxes‚ which Great Britain required for the upkeep of the American colonies. Starting in 1765‚ the Stamp Act was intended by Parliament to provide the funds necessary to keep peace between the American settlers and the Native American

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    Womens Movement Sharon Pratt Apus     Women’s movement Name:Sharon Pratt Instructor: C     Abstract The following is an article that seeks to give a historical account of events that have shaped women’s activism in the world. It gives a brief overview of the international women’s movement and names women activists who have shaped history in the fight of women’s rights. Also it draws comparison of the effects of women’s activism

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    An early example of a protest at sea was the Boston Tea Party by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in 1773. An entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company was destroyed by these American colonists in defiance of the Tea Act of 1773. The main goal of the Tea Act was to aid the financially struggling British East India Company by reducing the excess of tea held by the company. Colonists protested to the Tea Act as they believed that it violated their rights as Englishmen to “No taxation without

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    The History of the Gay Rights Movement Heather Alexander Dr. Kelly Hall Strayer University November 30‚ 2012 The History of the Gay Rights Movement at “The Gay Rights Movement‚ also referred to as homosexual rights movement or gay liberation movement‚ is a civil rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men‚ lesbians‚ bi-sexual‚ and transsexuals. The organization seeks to

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    passage of the Tea Act in 1773 by throwing tons of taxed tea into Boston Harbor‚ an act that came to be known as the Boston Tea Party. News of the event reached England in January 1774. Parliament responded with a series of acts that were intended to punish Boston for this illegal destruction of private property‚ restore British authority in Massachusetts‚ and otherwise reform colonial government in America. -The Boston Port Act‚ the first of the acts passed in response to the Boston Tea Party‚ closed

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