...The Ideology of the Tea Party Movement Tuinei, Alex Salt Lake Community College Abstract In the last few decades there has been no political movement comparable to the Tea Parties. The Tea Party Movement is unique because it is entirely grassroots and desires to change American politics from the bottom-up. The mainstream media and the Democratic leadership as well as some establishment Republicans all misunderstand and grossly underestimate the movement. They have labeled it a movement of extreme right-wing nuts that are angry at having a black President, or don't want to pay taxes, or cling to guns and religion (Avalon, 2010). They are wrong. In fact, the Tea Party Movement is a mainstream awakening that has been long overdue and will not wither and die within a couple years as some predict. The Tea Party groups are a loose and decentralized coalition of libertarians, conservatives, disenchanted independents and moderate democrats. Tea Partiers are not a concentrated group of ideologues but a diverse collection of regular groups that are alarmed at the direction of the country. Stimulus Package was the start of it all and was further amplified by hidden taxes built into cap'n'trade and healthcare reform. (Murphy, 2008) American history remembers and teaches about that memorable night on December 16, 1773 the British Parliament passed The Tea Act. This turns out to be the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes that where imposed by Britain on her American...
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...Chapter 7: The Road to Revolution * The Deep Roots of Revolution * Two ideas taken root in the minds of murican colonists (18th century) * REPUBLICANISM : defined a just society as one in which all citizens willingly subordinated their private, selfish interests to the common good * Both stability of society and authority of government depended on virtue of citizenry (its capacity for selflessness, self-sufficiency, and courage, especially its appetite for civic involvement * Opposed to hierarchical and authoritarian institutions such as aristocracy and monarchy * “RADICAL WHIGS”: British political commentators * Feared threat to liberty posed by the arbitrary power of the monarch and his ministers relative to elected representatives in parliament * Mounted attacks on use of patronage and bribes by king’s ministers * Symptoms of wider moral failure in society - “corruption” * Dukes and princes = unknown in colonies * Property ownership and political participations were relatively widespread * Murices unmolested by remote officials in London * Distance weakens authority * Mercantilism and Colonial Grievances * British authority embraced theory - MERCANTILISM * Justified their control over colonies * Mercantilists believed that wealth = power and country’s economic wealth could be measured by amount of gold or silver, a country needed to export more...
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...this country while trying to resolve issues without violence, their patriotism clearly defines this nation. In the aftermath of the French and Indian War, Britain was not only victorious, but also deep in debt. Taking advantage of the colonies, Britain attempted to raise revenues by taxing the colonists heavily. Taxation acts such as the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and Intolerable Acts enraged the colonists. However, rather than acting in full violent revolt, the Sons of Liberty as well as other colonists tried to solve this problem through nonviolent means, such as boycotting British goods. In May 1773, the English Parliament passed the Tea Act which was unfavorable to the colonists. Instead of declaring war, the Bostonians boarded the ships carrying the tea and dumped them into the bay, instigating what is now known as the Boston Tea Party. Throughout the beginnings of this nation, the Founding Fathers showed their patriotism without bearing arms against the crown. Today, a citizen of the United States has several duties. Obligations such as voting not only allow the people to voice their opinions, but also show that they care for the nation as well. The Founding Fathers are testaments to...
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...existing thirteen American colonies to gain independence from Britain in the mid 1700’s. The American colonists began questioning Britain’s authority as early as the French and Indian War. During the French Indian War, the colonies wanted to defend themselves against the French in North America. They asked King George for permission to raise armies in order defend themselves. Although their reason to raise an army was sincere, George II was suspicious of the intentions of the colonial government and disapproved their petition. After the French Indian War, Britain decided to raise money by taxing the American Colonists for reparations. Taxes such as the Stamp and Tea Acts created controversy throughout the citizens. Some thought that Britain stepped over the boundary with taxes and some reacted violently. The Boston Tea Party as well as the Boston Massacre arose from such actions. With Britain’s Intolerable acts, the colonists made a daring proposition. The colonists, in the First Continental Congress sent a letter to King George declaring war. Although the British government likely procured strong reasons for limiting the opportunities, rights, and freedoms available to American colonists under British rule, the American Colonists were justified in their desire to claim independence from the British government due to taxation without representation in government meetings, limitations by laws that restricted their freedom and the violence and control they were subjected to on the part...
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...Great Britain in debt and a way to remedy this was to begin taxing the people in the colonies. Great Britain’s believed it was the colonialists duty to aid the motherland in it’s time of need. They used the stamp act to receive money from taxes on everything from paper to clothes. The colonies were outraged at their sudden taxes that first appeared in 1751 in the form of the Currency Act which regulated the issue of paper money in the colonies. They had no want for new rights or better ones as Americans, just to retain their citizenship. In fact, the goal was not independence but to keep English rights. Americans felt it was unconstitutional to be taxed without representation in the British parliament. Tensions escalated after the Boston tea party, custom agents were harassed, red coats began to be more frequent in the colonies, and other rights were being taken away like in Boston when the right to assemble was taken away. “Never did the British parliament, till the period above mentioned, think of imposing duties...
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...1. The French and Indian War (world war one) The French and their allied Indian friends fought the British and their colonial partners for control of the land west of the App. Mountains. *Seven Years War Players - France vs. England …. Prussia sided with England…. Prussia was fighting Austria ….. The war was fought in three places, Europe, India, and the Americas Austria, France, Sweden, and Russia were sided together along with the Mughal, Saxony (a small portion of the Holy Roman empire) and Spanish empires - the other side England, Prussia, Portugal, Hanovers, Iroquois Confederation England wins - Treaty of Paris (1763) Spain lost Florida to England France gave Spain portions of Louisiana and a part of the mouth of the Mississippi British got the Caribbean Islands and French lands in the Ohio Valley and lands east of the Miss. River. The French were supposed to move into Canada The war broke England and the King and Parliament needed money (here comes taxes) **keep in mind** Our ancestors in the colonies had larger bodies, we weighed more, our babies lived longer, our people lived longer, we were richer, and we paid fewer taxes, than the people back in England. 2. The Proclamation of 1763 After winning the French and Indian War the British King would not let the Colonials move into the land west of the App. Mountains. We start hating the British! 3. Quartering of Troops The King required the People to provide supplies and housing for British Troops 4. Writs of...
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...The Seven Years’ War was also called the French and Indian War. It was a war fought by the French and the English over who would control the North American continent and India. At the beginning of the war the French had the best advantage because they had most of the Native Americans as their allies and they a chain of forts strategically located throughout the frontier. All the English had going for them was that they had a bigger population of people than the French had. The English knew that they had to solve two big problems if they were to win the war against the French. The first of these problems was that they had to regain the trust of the Iroquois Indians. The other problem was with the colonies themselves and the way they supported the English. To help with these problems, English leaders put together a colonial conference in Albany, New York in June 1754. Among all the people at the conference there was a man there by the name of William Johnson. He was married to a Mohawk woman and with her help they were able to communicate with the Iroquois and tried to gain their support. The Iroquois didn’t help the English until later on in the war when they knew the English were going to be the victors. To help with colonial support, a group of people got together and put together a proposal known as the Albany Plan of Union. The plan called for a council to represent all of the colonies and one person to preside over it who is appointed by the king. The war would...
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...JS 5/1/2013 POLS 3315-001 Party Issue Valuations and Reassessments Why do political parties in the United States abandon or revisit specific issues? Moreover, what is the driving force behind a party making an issue politically salient? Some examples that could be correlated with these questions could be why the Republican Party has stayed silent on issues that many old-guard Democrats feel is contentious in the current administration, why the sudden recent ideological transformation of conservative party, or why many politicians steer clear from Wall-Street related subjects (even though lashing out against bankers these days is sure to garner some attention, and most likely support from the general public). All of these examples and more will be discussed in order to provide a sufficient answer as to why issues are left behind in the dust or put out prominently on display. There are numerous factors and variables to consider when trying answering such a question, one of which could be racial factors. It’s been largely documented that Latinos have been an increasingly growing electorate, going from 1 percent of voters from the 1950s to over 11% in the twenty-first century (Abramowitz 27). With this information in mind, it would make sense that the Democratic establishment is today trying to initiate immigration reform in the United States Senate, knowing that they’ll have an increasing amount of support from their Latino electorate. It should also be noted that although...
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...Matthew Smith March 2, 2014 History 2010-012 Defiance of Patriots Paper The Boston Tea Party was shaped by events that occurred inside and outside North America and had nontraditional actors; poverty in Bengal, pressure from New York and Philadelphia, Native Americans, and the youth all played roles in causing the tea protests. In Bengal the East India Company was administrating the country and their greed drove the country into poverty, hardship, and starvation. Pressure from Philadelphia and New York put on Boston to hold true to their non-importation agreement, including a ban on tea, helped motivate actions for the Boston Tea Party. The Native Americans played a nontraditional role for the protesters in Boston because of what they symbolized. The youth of Boston were another example of nontraditional actors that helped shape what the protests became. Boston faced many struggles as a town, from being heavily taxed to having their port shut down. Citizens of Boston never gave up the hope of freedom and they came together as a town to fight for what they thought was just.. The East India Company was in Bengal, today located in India, and they were administrating the colony for the British government on a charter granted to them. In the year 1769 not a single drop of rain fell, rice was 20-50 times higher the normal price, an estimated 1.2 million died, and citizens were driven into poverty, this was called the Fall of 1769. The East India Company was only in Bengal...
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...I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism-a human being is exercising extremism in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner – Malcolm X Extremism: The New Patriotism The recent rise of Islamic extremism on the international stage has alarmed many individuals around the world. Theories about the cause of its rapid and often time’s violent expansion have ranged from reactions to US foreign policy to the fall of “moderate secular” rulers in the Middle East. While these may be important contributing factors to the rise of Islamic extremism it is important that it is recognize for what it truly is: a form of patriotism. This is true for all other forms of radical extremism existing today and in the near past. Whether it is in defense of a nation-state, religion, or region extremists of all stripes, whether morally right or wrong can be viewed as being deeply patriotic regarding their cause. This can be seen not only in today’s contemporary Islamic extremists, but also in the Irish Republican Army during the 20th century, and even as far back as the French Revolution. Judd 2 Webster’s dictionary defines patriotism simply as “a devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.” It also defines terrorism as “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or...
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...Battle of Bunker Hill Have you ever been in a battle? In the revolutionary war, the Battle of Bunker hill was the bloodiest battle. the causes, effects,battle summaries and leaders that were in and about the battle of bunker hill. Acording american revolution.org these are a few causes. A cause was the taxes that people did not like. Another cause was that the harsh laws like the tea,stamp,townshend acts. Last they did not like how they hand to let soldiers in their houses to live and search their houses. Prescott was born in Groton,MA. He was part of the militia. After the french and indian war he was offered an officer rank for the royal army, which he rejected. William Howe was born on Aug. 10, 1729. After attending Eton, he entered the army at the age of 17. For the next 30 years he rose steadily in rank. Serving under Gen. James Wolfe at the siege of Quebec in 1759, Howe in the succeeding year commanded the attack on Montreal. When the war was over, he had a brilliant record. He had been advanced to major general by 1772 Read more at http://biography.yourdictionary.com/william-howe#CvTETycgYb2JbtzX.99 Date: June 17 , 1775 Location: Charleston,MA countries: britain, U.S. colonies.They had 3000 british troops. They had lost 226 british...
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...act, Townsend act, Boston massacre, Boston tea party, and the Intolerable acts. These events all played an important role leading up to the revolutionary war. This will explain the importance of these conflicts, and this will express my thoughts and opinions on these events. The first act that took place was the navigation acts of 1660. The first major event that started the process to the revolutionary war was...
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... Why was Charles Town difficult to settle? Have you ever thought about moving in Charles Town? The Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to explore the Coastal region of South Carolina, but Jean Ribault led a group of French huguenots in search of religions freedom. So the Spanish tried several more times to establish a permanent settlement in South Carolina. They wanted religious freedom within several years of this French attempt. Then grant was given to Sir Robert Heath by King Charles 1 of England to settle the large area below the Virginia colony. Why was Charles Town difficult to settle because geography, resources, diseases? Geography is the reason why Charles Town is difficult to settle. The obstacles were the Native Americans. The natural resources were abundant because of trees, water, plants, and animals. This map is trustworthy because it can tell us about what happened during that time period. It was advantage because there was a lot of water around the land and they couldn’t build there homes on the land because it was a lot of water. Charles Town is difficult t to settle, there was a lot of water and the Native Americans didn’t want to have anything with the Spanish. The Native Americans wanted to have a war with the Spanish because they were trading crops but Native Americans didn’t like what they were doing. In Carolina the settlement attempt would never take place, he would lose the money. Due to Charles Town, South Carolina would nonetheless...
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...James Pettit APUSH5 Ms. Hoag 4 October 2015 From 1754 to 1763, The French and Indian War was upon the American Colonies. It was the most significant conflict in the American Colonies since America was first discovered. The events that occurred before, during, and after the war contributed to the shaping of America and more importantly, the American Revolution. The French and Indian War and its aftermath not brought about the taxation of the colonists which led to the arrogant actions dealing with land, which ultimately led to the idea that the colonists did not need their mother country anymore, causing the American Revolution. During the French and Indian war, Britain was a great aid to the constant combat taking place in America....
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...Barbary Coast War 9.2 The Barbary Coast War or Tripoli War involved Americans that sold crops and natural resources to astronomers in Europe. The African countries, Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli were small countries but were big known pirates. After the American Revolutionary war, those pirates began attacking American ships in the Mediterranean sea. Between the years of 1801 to 1815, President Thomas Jefferson was very reluctant to pay “tribute money” to protect merchant ships from pirates. Tributes money means to have money paid by one country to another in return for protection. So a tributes were like larger body guards to protect valuable goods. Before though, The Americans benefitted the protection from the...
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