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Dalla protesta alla Rivoluzione: Cosa spinse davvero le Colonie a ribellarsi

Il 16 dicembre 1773, il porto di Boston è avvolto da un freddo pungente e da un silenzio carico di tensione. Sotto la luce incerta delle lanterne, un gruppo di circa cinquanta uomini, con i volti anneriti dal carbone o sommariamente camuffati da nativi Mohawk, si muove con precisione quasi militare verso tre navi mercantili della Compagnia delle Indie Orientali. In tre ore di lavoro febbrile, aprono con le asce oltre 340 casse di tè e ne rovesciano il contenuto nelle acque gelide della […]

https://www.psicospace.it/cause-rivoluzione-americana-cosa-spinse-le-colonie-a-ribellarsi/

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David G. Smith May 7

.@indivisibleteam

🤔 Y’know, it kinda seems t’me like all the suddenly gerrymandering folks are maybe forgetting something very important… Something truly American:

“The firm belief that the government should not tax a populace unless that populace is represented in some manner in the government…”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation

#Gerrymandering #VotingRights #AmericanHistory #BostonTeaParty
#NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #Politics #USA

No taxation without representation - Wikipedia

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Ramesh Gupta Mar 29

⬆️ @alios

#BostonTeaParty

Sure, dumping all the British tea in the harbor was illegal, but brilliant.

What happens if half of #UnitedStates refuses to file or pay #taxes on April 14, or ever?

Never mind.

It's the people who have their taxes deducted in advance at source and are waiting for a refund who will be hit worst.

PugJesus Jan 20

Chat, is this true???

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1683273/chat-is-this-true

ひえー:blobcat_fu_green: inぶいそ Dec 17

Nice tea party...
#BostonTeaParty #幻会興業

PrivacyDigest Dec 16

Another #Anniversary today 😄

The #BostonTeaParty | December 16, 1773

In #BostonHarbor , a group of #Massachusetts colonists disguised as #MohawkIndians board three tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

… was in protest of the #British Parliament’s #TeaAct of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering #EastIndiaCompany by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.
#Boston #revolution #1776

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-16/the-boston-tea-party

The Boston Tea Party | December 16, 1773 | HISTORY

In Boston, a group of colonists board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor in protest o...

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Dec 16

The #BostonTeaParty was on #ThisDayInHistory in 1773. Colonists dressed as #Mohawk Indians (pretty racist, no?) and dumped #EastIndiaCompany tea into the harbour because the Tea Act made it cheaper than what colonists smuggled in. Conservatives, of course, hate #PropertyDamage...