The Tea Parties did absolutely NOTHING!!

The Original Tea Party-

The Boston Tea Party was a direct action protest by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and has often been referenced in other political protests.

The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Colonists objected to the Tea Act for a variety of reasons, especially because they believed that it violated their constitutional right to be taxed only by their own elected representatives. Protestors had successfully prevented the unloading of taxed tea in three other colonies, but in Boston, embattled Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused to allow the tea to be returned to Britain. He apparently did not expect that the protestors would choose to destroy the tea rather than concede the authority of a legislature in which they were not directly represented.

The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution. Parliament responded in 1774 with the Coercive Acts, which, among other provisions, closed Boston's commerce until the British East India Company had been repaid for the destroyed tea. Colonists in turn responded to the Coercive Acts with additional acts of protest, and by convening the First Continental Congress, which petitioned for repeal of the acts and coordinated colonial resistance to them. The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.

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[NYredwhiteandblue]

I personally think the tea parties were just the beginning, an awakening of sorts... More planned soon, larger, better...

[Plzzzr]

96% of blacks voted Obama. I'd advise you not to talk politics at Thanksgiving dinner. Christmas or any other get together too for that matter. I think it's self destructive for blacks to vote for Socialists while they live in a capitalistic society, but then again, I'm not black.

If you make Govt. your God, misery will be your companion.

[TEHTYMEKITTEH1]

@morpheusxnyc

GOD YOU LIBERALS ARE FUCKING RETARDS

[thebryghtidea]

Try Pampers.

[YvesVii]

@stick187 you're kidding right?. Find out who the Koch brothers are. The Boston Tea Party had nothing to do with people of African origin. No one is that ignorant

[HilarityBribo]

Anti-racist is just another term for anti-white

[morpheusxnyc]

@Yourebuying Bullshit. The White supremacists and rallied enough of their inflamed racist voters in a depressed turnout midterm election to win some seats. That''s all.

Come 2012, when Obama's on the ticket, the economy's improved and people see the country moving forward thanks to the Dems' leadership and Obama's agenda, the Republicans will have their asses handed to them.

I think there's a lot more fight in Obama. We just won't see it until after he wins reelection. The it's ON, bitches.

[blanckepi]

@jeremiahfkngcook "if you're IQ is 110-130"

You obviously were unable to make the proper usage of the contraction "you're" in this comment you left here - the possessive adjective "your" was what should have been used there instead.

So, since you are all about trashing Sarah Palin supporters, what is your (not you're) IQ then? Is it above 130?

My IQ is above 130, and I think that America is totally fucked as long as Obama is allowed to remain as POTUS, and a huge mistake was made in 2008.

[2hamboigahs]

Dude you need to change your name to THE SERMINATOR

[eimajism]

The real question is, where the heck were all these "patriots" when the past administration actually took away our constitutional rights, you know, the PATRIOT ACT!!!! remember that sheeple? why are none of these tea partiers fighting to over turn the patriot act and give the american ppl back their 4th and 6th amendment rights? I bet if Bush looked non-white we would have heard of this tea party way back then and may have never lost those right. Wake UP PPL, REPEAL THE PATRIOT ACT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jeremiahfkngcook]

if you have a IQ of 110 or below, you're probably a sarah palin supporter. if you're IQ is 110-130, you probably still believe in america, and our government. if you are smart though... you'll know that countries, politics, and religion are all an illusion. life its-self is an illusion.

dont side with people and adopt their ideas. create your own ideas, THEN choose who to support. if there is no one who stands for your ideals... get mad.

oh, and stop watching TV...