So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

Before the Declaration of Independence, there was the Olive Branch Petition. Written 250 years ago on July 5th, the Olive ...

The colonists had a clear goal, but the teas boycott's failure to reach it demonstrated that something about their approach needed to change. Their movement needed to be bigger. Which brings us to ...

From the colonists who planned to boycott tea in opposition to the Tea Act to the 35-year boycott against South Africa in opposition to Apartheid, boycotting is part of our DNA, ...

Boycotts were only as good as the willingness of Americans to fulfill them. In this, the First Continental Congress delivered beyond anything that had been known in the Americas before.

On July 2, 1776, 12 of the 13 member-states of the Congress “unanimously” observed that the colonies “are, and of right ought ...

France boycotts COP29 after Azerbaijan’s ‘colonies’ attack. By Nicolas Camut | 11/14/2024 06:09 AM EST . Azerbaijan’s president blamed Emmanuel Macron’s government for deadly violence in ...

The boycott of Walmart, which runs from May 20 to May 26, is organized by The People's Union, the same grass-roots group that coordinated the one-day economic consumer blackout on Feb. 28.

Sales of Tesla electric cars fell sharply in the last three months as boycotts over Elon Musk's political views continue to keep buyers away, a significant development given expectations that anger wi ...

July 4th, 2025, marks the 249th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence and the formal beginning of the American Revolution. In just under 250 years, the structure of the ...

A group of over 100 colonists settled on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in 1587, led by Sir Walter Raleigh. John White, the governor of the colony, returned to England for supplies in 1587.

As the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology approaches, scheduled for July 6 to 11 at Mohammed V University in Rabat, the International ...