Tea Party

Examples of Tea Party in the following topics:

• Tax Protests

  • The Boston Tea Party of 1773, the most popular example, dumped British tea into Boston Harbor because it contained a hidden tax Americans refused to pay.
  • The Parliament attempted a series of taxes and punishments which met more and more resistance, namely the First Quartering Act (1765), the Declaratory Act (1766), the Townshend Revenue Act (1767), and the Tea Act (1773).
  • In response to the Boston Tea Party Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts: the Second Quartering Act (1774), the Quebec Act (1774), the Massachusetts Government Act (1774), the Administration of Justice Act (1774), the Boston Port Act (1774), and the Prohibitory Act (1775).
  • During the Boston Tea Party of 1773, Americans dumped British tea into Boston Harbor in protest of a hidden tax.

• The Boston Tea Party

  • In response to the British Tea Act of 1773, the Sons of Liberty took action in what would later be known as the Boston Tea Party.
  • 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.
  • Whether or not Samuel Adams helped plan the Boston Tea Party is disputed, but he immediately worked to publicize and defend it.
  • He argued that the Tea Party was not the act of a lawless mob, but was instead a principled protest and the only remaining option the people had to defend their constitutional rights.
  • In Britain, this act united all parties against the colonies.

• British Taxes and Colonial Grievances

  • The Townshend Acts, passed in 1767, taxed imports of tea, glass, paint, lead, and even paper.
  • In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act, which exempted the British East India Company from the Townshend taxes.
  • Thus, the East India Company gained a great advantage over other companies when selling tea in the colonies.
  • The colonists who resented the advantages given to British companies dumped British tea overboard in the Boston Tea Party in December of 1773 .
  • The Boston Tea Party was orchestrated by the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, who fiercely protested the British-imposed taxes.

• The 2010 Elections

  • The 2010 midterm elections, for national, state, and local governments, resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Republican Party.
  • The Democratic Party suffered massive defeats in most national and state elections, with many seats switching over to Republican Party control.
  • A fourth factor that contributed to the Republican victories was the mobilizing ability of the Tea Party movement in favor of Republican candidates .
  • Meanwhile, the controversial Arizona Senate Bill 1070 ignited a national debate over immigration that led many in support of stronger immigration regulations to vote for the Republican Party.
  • The Tea Party movement's ability to mobilize voters in favor of the Republican Party was one of the factors that contributed to many Republican victories during the 2010 elections.

• The Calm Before the Storm

  • The Tea Act of 1773, and the subsequent Boston Tea Party, arose from two issues confronting the British Empire in 1775: first, the financial problems of the British East India Company, and second, an ongoing dispute about the extent of Parliament's authority, if any, over the British American colonies without seating any elected representation.
  • Parliament attempted to resolve these issues through the Tea Act, which in turn set the stage for the Boston Tea Party and eventually the American Revolution.
  • The East India Company did not export tea to the colonies; by law, the company was required to sell its tea wholesale at auctions in England.
  • Parliament laid additional taxes on tea sold for consumption in Britain.
  • The Tea Act retained the three pence Townshend duty on tea imported to the colonies.

• State and Local Party Organization

  • Chairpersons are usually selected by the president of the party in power and the party national committee chooses the chairperson for the other party.
  • Parties are structured at State and Local levels.
  • Usually the majority party (i.e.
  • Democrat or Republican) has the president in their party.
  • Tea Party protesters walk towards the United States Capitol during the Taxpayer March on Washington, September 12, 2009.

• Nonconsumption and the Daughters of Liberty

  • Proving their commitment to "the cause of liberty and industry" they openly opposed the Tea Act.
  • They experimented to find substitutes for taxed goods such as tea and sugar.
  • Discoveries like boiled basil leaves to make a tea-like drink, referred to as Liberty Tea, helped lift spirits and also allowed Colonials to keep traditions alive without the use of British taxed tea .
  • These duties taxed items that were frequently imported to the colonies from Britain, including tea, paint, paper, and glass.
  • These import duties were birthed from the Intolerable Acts that Britain passed in the wake of the Boston Tea Party the previous year, which protested high taxes against tea and other products.

• Party Identification

  • People who identify with a political party either declare their allegiance by joining the party or show their support through regular party-line voting at the polls.
  • The longer an individual holds a party identification, the stronger that attachment to the party becomes.
  • People can easily switch their party affiliation or distance themselves from parties entirely.
  • A social movement grouped under the umbrella of the "Tea Party" emerged in 2010 but its adherents never created an officially recognized political party.
  • Party coalitions consist of groups that have long-term allegiances to a particular political party.

• Voluntary Exchange

  • Therefore, any voluntary exchange will increase the welfare of one or both parties and neither will be any worse off.
  • Individuals who prefer cola to tea should trade (or exchange) cola for tea with those individuals who prefer tea to cola.
  • The parties to the exchanges must have information about their own preferences and who the others are that are willing to trade.
  • Neither the buyer nor seller wants the other party to know their reservation price.
  • Any voluntary exchange reflects the preferences of the parties to the exchange.

• The Tea Ceremony

  • The Japanese tea ceremony or chanoyu, also known as the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural ritual involving the cemeronial preparation and presentation of matcha or powdered green tea.
  • The tea bowl, available in a wide range of sizes and styles, with different styles used for thick and thin tea.
  • The tea caddy, a small lidded container in which the powdered tea is placed for use in the tea-making procedure.
  • The tea scoop, generally carved from a single piece of bamboo, ivory, or wood and used to scoop tea from the tea caddy into the tea bowl.
  • The tea whisk, used to mix the powdered tea with the hot water and typically carved from a single piece of bamboo.