Tea Party
Anti-spending political movement
The Tea Party refers to the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists dumped British tea into the harbor to protest taxation without representation.
In contemporary politics, the Tea Party is a conservative American movement that emerged around 2009, advocating for reduced government spending, lower taxes, and strict constitutional interpretation: Tea Party candidates swept the midterm elections. (Lowercase tea party is a social gathering.)
Massachusetts state capital
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- taxation without representationFees imposed without elected consent
revolution · patriots · Samuel Adams · Sons of Liberty · rebellion · independence · American Revolution · protest
Common people as political base
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
rally · Republicans · activism · fiscal · patriotism · campaign · ideology · right-wing
Boston
Massachusetts state capital
taxation without representation · revolution · patriots · Samuel Adams · Sons of Liberty · rebellion · independence · American Revolution · protest
grassroots
Common people as political base
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
libertarianism · rally · Republicans · activism · fiscal · patriotism · campaign · ideology · right-wing · elections
- American MovementsFreedom Riders, Sons of Liberty, Underground Railroad, Wobblies, Beat Generation
- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, colonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence
- US Politicsconservatism, ballot, liberalism, bill, constitutionalism
- Colonialcolonist, colony, settler, plantation, fort
- New England historyMassachusetts, Boston, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Puritans
- Obama EraBarack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act
Tea PartyOccupy Wall Street
2011 anti-inequality protest movement
progressive movement · Black Lives Matter · progressivism · labor movement · environmental movement
party, tea, partying, teas, parties, partied, partygoer, teahouse, tearoom