2007-10-26 13:27:59 · 19 answers · asked by hmm 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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I know that but thanks.
how people felt about it. I think it was a freedom and we were taking control of our on lifes
2007-10-26 13:39:03 · update #1
It was a conservative act...if considered in today's times.....and addressing comments about them being rich......well...soooo what! Should we all have "Middle Class Income". I think >>>NOT! In our GREAT America, we have the right to become what we want to become.......I don't buy this bit about being critical about the rich during the Boston Tea Party times or even today. This is just a liberal attitude.
2007-10-26 13:52:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
AAAAhhhhhhh... A breath of fresh air.....
Great Question, The Boston Tea Party, was in itself an act of defiance and freeedom.. """"Ignoring Wikpedia"""" Those men who spilled the tea, "DID IT FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM" John Hancock, well,,,,,, He was not willing to succumb to matrarich rule.. He Was ( Therefore) a Freedom fighter!.......
In todays world, little of this matters (except the words of the Founding fathers & the constitution!) """" The acts of those who refused the high priced/overvalued tea, and refussed to accept it were simply BRAVE FREEEDOM FIGHTERS... period!
John Hancock was a smuggler "under British law".... But the British were seeking to make the oppressed US pay 500%++++ for a normal societial vanity (known as tea)....
John Hancock may have been a self prospering bussinessman, but what transpired was pure & sure American separatetism (politically speeking)... The U.S.A. is; and will always be separatist, as long as it is a FREE Nation.... The only Theological way to be is 'FREE'. Anyhing other than FREE is oppression..... FREE WILL!!!! FREE WILL is given by GOD.... What we do with it is "Human" Our children cannot be good stewards of the earth, their fellow human kind, or their own checking accounts, without the knowledge and belief that their opinion is heard........... However, being heard is a right, not a belief, not only a rule, but a rule of law.... In The U.S.A.
FREEDOM ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE A FEW BRAVE MEN TOOK A STAND!!! If they profetted in any way from that stand---- I WILL STILL DEFEND THEM & the FREEDOM they helped bring forth..... But the reality is that they gave it up.... They lost much wealth in that STAND!!!
GOD BLESS America!
I STAND!!!
2007-10-26 17:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by Born in the USA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put in terms of todays politics, A protest agaist taxes that primarily affected the wealthy would certainly be considered conservative. Considered as an isolated incident It would be a conservative party. Considered as part of the revolution, it was a freedom party. The revolution embodied many ideals both liberal and conservative. But people of all ideologies wanted to be free.
2007-10-26 15:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by James L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to do a bit of reading, Check out the wikipedia article below.
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest by the American colonists against Great Britain in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks on ships in Boston Harbor....
2007-10-26 13:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The founding fathers party
2007-10-26 13:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by jean 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was a protest against what was perceived as unfair taxation by the British by the radical Sons of Liberty. It was not a conservative act -- the conservatives at that time supported the King. Today's conservatives if they were living back then would have been firmly on the side of King George -- not a bunch of law breaking radicals like Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty.
2007-10-26 13:36:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Liberals like taxes. Conservatives don't.
But, it was more a freedom party.
2007-10-26 13:32:19 · answer #7 · answered by angrygramma 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I am not sure you can put that in any category. It was a protest against an unfair tax. As such its purely American. I wonder if anyone will protest if the Dems pass this new tax increase they have planned?
2007-10-26 13:48:46 · answer #8 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a Radical Party, but a Party of rich guys....the vast majority of people in Boston or Mass., or any colony could not afford to drink tea...it was way too expensive.
2007-10-26 13:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by amazed we've survived this l 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was a protest against the government, use your noggin.
Today, neocons call that sort of thing terrorism, so does the patriot act. kind of ironic, yes?!
They were basically saying..."you're not our King!"
and they went on to prove it.
2007-10-26 13:53:17 · answer #10 · answered by Boss H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋