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    There are four kinds of significant “political actors”, “Political Party,” “Social Movement,” “Interest Group,” and “Group Organization,” which citizens in the United States can join and support in order to influence politics and government. These four important “political actors” have a long history and their ability to influence the politics and government can not be underestimated. Moreover, The Tea Party Movement is a political movement that began follow by the Barak Obama’s first presidential

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    separated by minimalistic technicalities. Although copious different interpretations do exist, many can be synthesized to the same ideas. Ronald P. Formisano’s The Tea Party: A Brief History underscores the significance of holding America to it’s standards set by the documents written by the Founding Fathers. The common style of Tea Party Conservatism is very much so

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    One summer day long ago, a little girl named Julia was playing by an old well near the back garden. In her arms she carried her favorite doll Annabelle. Annabelle was no ordinary doll, for she had three faces. One face was smiling, one was frowning, and the other was crying. Annabelle had long auburn hair and the brightest green eyes. She wore a purple, satin gown and shinny, silver shoes. Julia thought that Annabelle was too beautiful to have a sad or crying face, so Annabelle always wore the face

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    The Tea Party Reform

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    MISSION STATEMENT: The Tea Party has a mission to reform America as a whole through economic, social, environmental, and foreign policy changes in order to reestablish America as a national superpower and progress it further into a better America. SOCIAL We, as Tea Party Republicans, believe that there are two very important social dynamics that greatly need to be reformed: care for our country’s veterans and the American education system. Statistics show that there are over 76,000 homeless veterans

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    is a liberal, attempts to escape from her bubble on the west side of the nation in order climb the “Empathy Wall” and understand the reasoning behind the most right wing, conservative members of the Tea Party. To get the best understanding of their motives, Hochschild traveled to the heart of the Tea in rural parts of southern Louisiana, like Sulphur, where the population is filled with white, badly educated, blue collar American citizens. In the story Hochschild visits with some of these working

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    Boston Tea Party Dbq

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    NHD The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The Tea Act of May 10, 1773, the demonstrators, some disguised as Native Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor. The British government responded harshly and the episode escalated into the American Revolution. The Tea Party became an iconic event of American history, and

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    The Boston Tea Party on 16 December 1773 is arguably one of the most important acts of protest by colonists in the revolutionary period. This is because it could be argued through my essay that this event was a major cause of the introduction of the ‘Coercive Acts’ of 1774 passed by British Parliament. These acts were a pivotal reason for the creation of the First Continental Congress in 1774, a clear act of colonial unity in the face of a perceived oppression by the British Parliament. This congress

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    Tea Party Movement Essay

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    many organizations and movements have surfaced in order to attempt to make a change to better our country. One of those organizations is the Tea Party and their movement. The Tea Party movement is an effective political force in our society because it is respectable, organized, and focused on common issues. According to the official website for the Tea Party movement, it was formed randomly in 2009 from “the reaction of the American people fiscally irresponsible actions of the federal government

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    Although the birth of the modern-day Tea Party movement is, “…still under debate... the actual credit for the idea of the Tea Party [and influence for the modern-day movement, dates] all the way back to the ‘Sons of Liberty’…” and the occurrence on the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773 (Teaparty911.com). The Boston Tea Party was key event in the American Revolution. Many supporters for American Independence came to the port, where a shipment of tea had just arrived from England, and they disguised

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    November 26, 2017 Defiance of The Patriots Book Review In the book Defiance of The Patriots, the author is trying to make points across, such as how the Boston Tea Party was started, what caused the delays, and the cause and effects of the situations. Defiance of the Patriots offers thoughtful balanced partisan treatments of the Boston Tea Party. But the most valuable thing about the story is to show that this example of American event was not only about America. By the late 1500s, European explorers

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