History Essay

The Tea Act of 1773 is a perfect example of why many American colonists became upset with British rule. In 1773, the British government passed a law that gave the East India Company the sole right to sell tea to the colonies. One could not purchase tea from any seller other than the EIC (East India Company). This act was passed so that it could “Keep EIC in business.” Before this period, the Colonists were able to “ignore many of the laws made by the {English} parliament. However, by around the mid 1700s (after England won a war against France) “The British began to show more interest in the Colonies. This act in particular was extremely oppressive because it stopped all chance for small businesses (any business besides EIC) to go into the tea industry. The leaders of England were making very large mistakes as they tried to make life harder for the colonists. The colonists were being so oppressed that eventually they decided to ‘stop the madness’ and revolt. The rest is history. And the Tea act was the last straw.

American Flag Project History

Above is the American Flag representation that I did for history class. The flag saids “20%___Food Stamp 60 Million.” Each piece of white paper is meant to represent one million food stamps. There are roughly 60 on the red paper.

I chose this fact because it shows informs us that there 20% of Americans are on food stamps. Food stamps are ‘coupons’ that the government gives out to poor people to help pay for their food. When you are in such poverty that you are struggling to put food on the table, the government subsidise your food costs by giving you these food stamps.

Hunger and poverty are big problems in our country and I wanted to inform the public about how important it is that the government uses taxpayers money (your money) to pay for others’ food.