The Real Origin of the Tea Party Movement

Tenth Amendment Center ^ | August 6th, 2012 | KrisAnne Hall

[Da Bilge Troll]

I recently read with joy a conservative blogger’s attempt to connect the TEA party movement to its historic roots; a topic I have been meaning to write about for months now. The blogger rightly said that the “the historical precedent for the TPM wasn’t the Tea Party event in Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.” I actually uttered an “Amen, brother!” He went on to describe the Continental Association established on October 20, 1774 by the First Continental Congress in response to the Intolerable Acts. That’s when I realized that I have waited long enough to write this article.

The fact is the Continental Association of 1774 (10 months after the Boston Tea Party) is about 10 years too late. The first organized opposition to a tyrannical government in the colonies came in 1764 in the form of the Committees of Correspondence.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” The first organized opposition to a tyrannical government in the colonies came in 1764 in the form of the Committees of Correspondence.”

YEP

[Uri’el-2012]

WOW !

[afraidfortherepublic]

My gggggrandfather was involved in the Committees of Correspondance and later served as a Col. in the western VA militia.

[afraidfortherepublic]

KrisAnne Hall is an attorney and former prosecutor, fired after teaching the Constitution to TEA Party groups - she would not sacrifice liberty for a paycheck. She is a disabled veteran of the US Army, a Russian linguist, a mother, a pastor's wife and a patriot. She now travels the country and teaches the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents. All articles originally published at krisannehall.com

What jurisdiction fired her for teaching the constitution? Surely they should be boycotted, wherever they are.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Your family has an interesting history.

[ebshumidors]

Bflr

[Texas Fossil]

Thanks for the link to an “excellent” article.

It has always been in our DNA.