Boston Tea Party

Introduction II.What is the Tea Party? 1.Who they are 1.Its origins 2.Its nature 2.What they stand for 1.The «contra-party» 2.No clear program that unite them III.The role of the Tea Party in US politics 1.How they could have influenced the midterms 1.Ressourceful for the GOP 2.Handicap to the GOP 2.Their future 1.Debate 1.Radicalization 2.Softening up 2.Questions for further concideration/discussion TEA PARTY. I. Introduction (Camille) The article «Tea Party set to win enough for wide

specificities of the tea party The tea party supporters are often skeptical about global warming, or at least the human involvement in it. They are pro-life and in favor of the death penalty. Those are classic republican positions but tea-baggers radicalize them. A recent poll showed that 54 percent of americans believe that the tea party is a positive thing for the american political system whereas only 22 percent see it negatively. Another study described the typical tea-bagger: a white republican

r Democrats, the growing debate over how to vanquish the Tea Party movement is analogous to a family fracas over how to best get rid of your sister’s latest crummy boyfriend. Do you repeatedly point out all the perceived flaws of the new suitor, hoping that they resonate? Or do you insist that the new guy is just like the ex, and suggest that repeating the pattern will only lead to misery? Democrats from the White House down to the party’s central committee office in Multnomah County, Ore.

animals have been overly sensitive and easily insulted. CHAPTER VII 1. What three characters are seated at the table having tea? The March Hare, the Hatter, and the Dormouse are seated at the table. 2. What is odd about the March Hare’s watch? The March Hare’s watch shows the day of the month rather than the time. 3. Why is it perpetually six o’clock and tea time for the Hatter? The Hatter had to sing for the Queen of Hearts, and she decided, after listening to just one verse, that

PARTIES AND ELECTIONS The Soul of the Tea Party by Colin Woodard December 01, 2010 NEWSWEEK Now that the election is over, an uneasy libertarian–Christian conservative alliance shows its cracks. Earlier this month, a group of Tea Party activists put Congressional Republicans on notice with a terse letter reminding them not to take their eyes off the ball. The elected officials’ mission, the activists wrote, is to reduce spending, taxes, regulations, and the deficit, not to further the social-issues

Anglais The Tea party movement began in United States after the economic crisis which struck the country in 2008. The four texts of the dossier “mad as hell”, published before the result of the Congress elections, deals with this current in public opinion, its characteristics and the reasons of its success. It shows that this party is more a rallying against the federal government than a really structured organization; indeed it is composed by various shades of political opinion, which are federated

the famous senator, has been declared innocent by the federal court of Colombia. Known as a member of the tea party, he was accused to kill Mr. Booba, a black man. We are the 10th of March 2011, the Court is waiting Mr. White, one of the most famous senator in US known for his shocking declarations about black people. In the Court, we can see some important personalities like Tea Party members came to support the senator and national journalists came to cover the event. All of them hope that

Naissance des Etats-Unis Boston tea party Boston tea party Dans le courant des années 1770, les colons américains s'opposent de plus en plus à leur métropole : Londres leur refuse les terres indiennes situées à l’ouest des montagnes Appalaches, les taxes et les impôts sont augmentés alors que les sujets américains ne sont pas représentés au Parlement anglais. Le système de l’exclusif (les colons ne peuvent acheter et vendre qu’à la métropole et ne peuvent transformer les produits récoltés) lèse

II] Tea party Le tea party est un mouvement politique contestataire, hétéroclite et populaire aux Etats-Unis qui s’oppose à l’état fédéral et ses impôts. Son nom fait référence à la Tea party de Boston un évènement historique qui a marqué les débuts de la révolution Américaine contre la monarchie britannique au XVIII ème siècle. Le Tea party apparait au début de la présidence Obama dans le contexte de la crise économique de 2008-20010 elle-même liée à la crise financière. Le Tea party

Alors, la métropole décide d’autoriser les agents de douanes à perquisitionner chez les négociants américains. D’ailleurs, cette loi est mal accueillie par beaucoup d’hommes dont James Otis, un avocat populaire par ses articles dans les journaux de Boston, qui déclare : «L’une des plus importantes parmi les libertés anglaises, c’est la liberté de chacun dans sa maison. Un homme est dans sa maison comme dans un château et, du moment qu’il y reste tranquille, il est aussi bien protégé qu’un prince dans