Guiding questions:

1. What principles did the revolutionary-era colonists protesting the new British acts espouse, and why?

2. What do today’s Tea Party adherents, who see themselves as upholding the legacy of the Revolutionary-era colonists believe, and why?

3. How does today’s Tea Party perceive and use Revolutionary-era history? And why does it matter how Tea Partiers represent history?

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