To enjoy this television series, you don’t even have to watch it in long stretches, with a winter storm raging outside.
British officials were trying to create a source of revenue for their colonial governors independent of elected colonial legislatures. Americans were having none of that.
RALEIGH — Tax protesters across North Carolina continue to share their displeasure about government bailouts, costly stimulus packages, and pork-barrel spending. They’ve gathered to take part in a series of “tea parties,” including one set last weekend in Graham.
RALEIGH — It began in February when cable news pundit Rick Santelli suggested a Chicago “tea party” to protest the Obama administration’s economic policies. Since then, Americans in hundreds of cities have joined forces to organize tea parties of their own, all in the name of cutting wasteful government spending.
Many Americans have heard of the Boston Tea Party of 1773. Far fewer can tell of the Edenton Tea Party of 1774—the first organized women’s political action in U.S. history.
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