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Boston Tea Party to Mtv
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Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty on December 17, 1773. They were disguised as American Indians. They were rebeling against the Tea Act which taxed all tea products. They boarded ships and threw barrels of tea into Boston Harbor. This was one of the first events that led to America's Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The thirteen colonies adopted this document in July 4, 1776. They declared they wanted freedom from Great Britian and all their rules. War was declared and the colonies wanted their freedom. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revoultion was the transition to new manufacturing processes. It sparked new ideas in many people. A large amount of new inventions where created and ideas flowed. -
First Phonograph
Created by Thomas Edisson it was made to record and reproduce sounds. It was things like this that later on lead to the original records and ways to listen to music. -
"Video killed the radio star"
This song was written by the Buggles in 1980. This song showed how many people had mixed emotions about the 20th centuray and its new inventions. There is a clear connection between this song and Mtv as mtv is all about music videos. -
Creation of Mtv
The purpose of mtv origanaly was to be playing music videos 24 hours a day. They wanted to revolutionize music one of their slogans was, "You will never look at music the same." Mtv today me be full of reality tv shows but, without its original purpose music wouldnt be what it is today.
