The contemporary Tea Party Movement is closely identified with the American upper middle class. Historians like Hibbert and Howard Zinn estimate that one-third of the inhabitants did not have regular employment. Patriotic activism was easy in a city like Boston where unemployment was high. Historian Christopher Hibbert writes that, “the most vociferous in their opposition to the Stamp Act were naturally those whose incomes would be most affected by it.” This included John Hancock, whose family had made a fortune in smuggling. The Sons of Liberty represented, for the most part, the leading colonial inhabitants. The contemporary Tea Party Movement has not taken to tarring and feathering, but their activism is becoming more vocal and intimidating, as witnessed by the March 20th mass rally on Capitol Hill. In 1773 colonial American patriots introduced the Tea Party rallying song: “Rally, Mohawks! Bring out your axes, And tell King George we’ll pay no taxes…” Led by the Sons of Liberty, mobs tore down the homes of Crown agents, tarring and feathering those sent to enforce taxation measures, and hurled stones at the carriages of wealthy merchants known to sympathize with Crown policy. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.The Tea Party Movement is a reminder that protest against government tyranny began with the implementation of the Stamp Act of 1765. In short, the editors have wrought a balanced, sweeping, and compelling documentary history. In letters, journals, diaries, official documents, and personal recollections, the timeless figures of the Revolution emerge in all their human splendor and folly to stand beside the nameless soldiers.Profusely illustrated and enhanced by cogent commentary, this book examines every aspect of the war, including the Loyalist and British views treason and prison escapes songs and ballads the home front and diplomacy abroad.
The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six allows readers to experience events long-entombed in textbooks as they unfold for the first time for both Loyalists and Patriots: the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, the Declaration of Independence, and more. Morris have provided a prudent, perceptive answer-the participants themselves-and in the process have fashioned from the vast source material a thrilling chronological narrative. Renowned scholars Henry Steele Commager and Richard B.
Who shall write the history of the American Revolution? Who can write it? asked John Adams in 1815.
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