The Boston Tea Party
"The Bostonians Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring and Feathering."
Painted by Philip Dawe in 1774 -Tar and Feathering a tax collector -Dumping hot tea into his mouth -Liberty Tree in the background (Symbol of Freedom) -Colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor in the back This painting entitled, "The Bostonians Paying the Excise-man" was drawn in 1774 by Philip Dawe. When the United States was a part of Great Britain, the British government imposed harsh taxes on the colonists. As a result, the colonists protested. One of the famous protests, the Boston Tea Party, is pictured in the back of the paining. Also, the colonists are seen tar and feathering a tax man. This was a form of protest before and during the American Revolution. This painting is important because it shows how the colonists protested. They are pouring hot tea down the tax collectors throat as a symbol of the harsh punishments of the taxes.
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I have a Dream SpeechI Have a Dream
Digital History ID 4063 Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. Date:1963 Document: The following is the exact text of the spoken speech, transcribed from recordings. ..."I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. And when this happens, When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" |
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"I have a Dream..." Watch Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "I had a Dream" speech above.
This speech was given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on 1963. During the Civil Rights Movement, many people gave speeches about freedom and equality as well as protested against racism. Two key events were Rosa Parks Montgomery Bus Protest and Martin Luther King's "I had a dream speech". King's speech focuses on uniting African Americans and white people. He states "let freedom ring" as if saying that everyone should have equal rights, so that every person, no matter their race, gender, or ethnicity, can experience freedom.
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