RESPONSE TO EDITORIALS
In as much as the authorities have a clear cut on how to conduct themselves when handling hostile crowds, there should be a line of reasoning. The British are human beings and therefore should have a conscience and at least give a benefit of the doubt to the American colonies to hear them out, the demonstration, in this case, might be a call to humanity needs. I cannot underestimate the effect, and that these roving groups have on the response of the British soldiers, their actions provoke and thus influence the constant harassment. Nevertheless, a minute of hearing the colonies out might help in smooth management and administration even in a tyranny rule. The British rulers should realize that government and more particularly governing a country is not one sided, subjects who in this case are the American colonies have a play to the part in helping the colonists achieve their set goals.
American's War for Independence
It is only because of the global customs and traditions that we depict the British way of ruling as undesirable, for instance, that there are no means to justify closure of ports in Boston for the Americans. Considering there are several types of the ruling, among them Democratic that is popular in the globe, dictatorship is as well a style of administration; it is upon the people at the top to choose. Therefore, tyranny was a choice by the British government to impose their rules; possibly it might be the best way to be effective on the Americans.
Considering it was an act of rebellion to the authority at the time irrespective of their justifications, I think this was a treasonous act by the Americans. In as much as this rebellious act is always a point back for the beginning of freedom, is a freedom the best for the Americans?
340 Chests of Tea Dumped into The Boston Harbor
I do not agree with actions of Boston townsmen in destroying the tea cargo. Did the residents consider effects of polluting the environment? Throwing the tea chests into the water might be worse than financial burden of taxes to the citizens they claim to an unfair ruling by the British. In as much as the governor did not keep his word to give an answer, the next afternoon does not necessarily mean he was running away from the problem, although the latter may be a possibility. How about demonstrations and demanding a word from the governor through media? The Lieutenant being in a political position was at a critical point, whichever decision he was to make was to consider the English as his superiors and at the same time people of his Boston hometown. Therefore, I do not agree with the author that this rebellious acts were justifiable.
Tea Any One?
I partly agree with the author that the colonies used this opportunity to fight strongly for what they believe to be right. However, the method was not considerate of the future consequences and losses to themselves as townsmen. A little bit of wisdom would have been significant for instance other than 200 people disguising their identities; they would mobilize as many individuals as possible in Boston to overwhelm the authority and take over control of the ports. The tea had a high value and a mere threat to destroy it would have worked; the governor would have no option but to listen to their demands and consider revising the tax obligations after evaluating the cost of losing tea chests. I think King George III as well would be shaken and thus prompting the establishment of common ground with the American colonies, coming to an understanding thus the British regaining favor with Americans.
