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A reminder to our politicians and 'leaders" on this day: your positions are not guaranteed. They are not yours by right, Divine or otherwise. They are yours by our consent. And our consent only.
We may tolerate a lot, but never absolute tyrants.
We the People ALWAYS have options.
Because THAT'S America.
Under pressure from Patriot groups, the consignees in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia refused to accept the tea shipments, but in Boston, the chosen merchants (including two of Governor Thomas Hutchinson’s sons as well as his nephew) refused to concede. The first tea ship, Dartmouth, reached Boston November 27, and two more arrived shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, several mass meetings were held to demand that the tea be sent back to England with the duty unpaid. Tension mounted as Patriot groups led by Samuel Adams tried to persuade the consignees and then the governor to accept this approach. On December 16, a large meeting at the Old South Church was told of Hutchinson’s final refusal. About midnight, watched by a large crowd, Adams and a small group of Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded the ships and jettisoned the tea. To Parliament, the Boston Tea Party confirmed Massachusetts’s role as the core of resistance to legitimate British rule. The Coercive Acts of 1774 were intended to punish the colony in general and Boston in particular, both for the Tea Party and for the pattern of resistance it exemplified.
- December 16. 1773
The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal, Number [976], 20 December 1773 BOSTON, December 20. [1773] On Tuesday last the body of the people of this and all the adjacent towns, and others from the distance of twenty miles, assembled at the old south meeting-house,...
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Green Energy
December 16, 1773
A reminder to our politicians and 'leaders" on this day: your positions are not guaranteed. They are not yours by right, Divine or otherwise. They are yours by our consent. And our consent only.
We may tolerate a lot, but never absolute tyrants.
We the People ALWAYS have options.
Because THAT'S America.
from History
This famed act of American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. Seeking to boost the troubled East India Company, British Parliament adjusted import duties with the passage of the Tea Act in 1773. While consignees in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia rejected tea shipments, merchants in Boston refused to concede to Patriot pressure. On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war.
This action, part of a wave of resistance throughout the colonies, had its origin in Parliament’s effort to rescue the financially weakened East India Company so as to continue benefiting from the company’s valuable position in India. The Tea Act (May 10, 1773) adjusted import duties in such a way that the company could undersell even smugglers in the colonies. The company selected consignees in Boston, New York, Charleston, and Philadelphia, and 500,000 pounds of tea were shipped across the Atlantic in September.Under pressure from Patriot groups, the consignees in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia refused to accept the tea shipments, but in Boston, the chosen merchants (including two of Governor Thomas Hutchinson’s sons as well as his nephew) refused to concede. The first tea ship, Dartmouth, reached Boston November 27, and two more arrived shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, several mass meetings were held to demand that the tea be sent back to England with the duty unpaid. Tension mounted as Patriot groups led by Samuel Adams tried to persuade the consignees and then the governor to accept this approach. On December 16, a large meeting at the Old South Church was told of Hutchinson’s final refusal. About midnight, watched by a large crowd, Adams and a small group of Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded the ships and jettisoned the tea. To Parliament, the Boston Tea Party confirmed Massachusetts’s role as the core of resistance to legitimate British rule. The Coercive Acts of 1774 were intended to punish the colony in general and Boston in particular, both for the Tea Party and for the pattern of resistance it exemplified.
- December 16. 1773
The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal, Number [976], 20 December 1773 BOSTON, December 20. [1773] On Tuesday last the body of the people of this and all the adjacent towns, and others from the distance of twenty miles, assembled at the old south meeting-house,...
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American Spectator: Advice From the Original Tea Partiers By Joel J. Miller on 4.15.10 @ 6:09AM In 1773 our forebears expressed their disapproval over Parliament's taxes by dumping several hundred crates of tea into Boston Harbor instead of paying...
- Winner Of "what Could Possibly Go Wrong?" Contest
This just in from WBZTV38 Feb 2, 2010 4:26 pm US/Eastern Yemen To Boston LNG Shipments Approved BOSTON (AP) - Coast Guard officials say they've developed a security plan to allow the passage of tankers carrying liquefied natural gas shipments from...
- It's Way Past Tea Party Time
The Walkaway Quote: "When the spirit of liberty, which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms, is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny."Samuel Adams, Philadelphia, August 1776 American Spectator:...
- What Can One Conclude When The Govt Rockets The Other Country Every Day? What Is That State Of Being Called?
Attn: Ms. Rice and and Mr. Bush I have some bad news for your appeasement policies.....attn Mr. Obama, you can wake up and fire Robert Malley any time now. Attn. Mrs. Clinton, I don't think Sandy Berger is the guy for this, Mr. McCain, Jim Baker...