Midterm

When Thomas Hutchinson or Samuel Adams were faced with the frustration on the issues which led up to the Boston Tea Party, they are likely to have used critical thinking strategies to develop and improve their thinking. One strategy they are likely to have used would be, to maintain a critical attitude throughout the problem solving. Maintaining a critical attitude is crucial because improving your thinking depends on the habits and attitudes. Problem solving includes careful observation, interpretation, evaluation, and much more that would be difficult if distracted by emotions. Second they may have used summarization as a critical thinking strategy. Summarizing is used to help the person visualize the key elements. I believe that Samuel Adams may have employed the analytical process before taking a stand. I think that he thoroughly assessed both sides of the issue and all of the consequences of each action before deciding what he would do, this ultimately being a course of action.

The importance of building a foundation for critical and creative thinking when evaluating historical events such as the Boston Tea Party would be to gather all the facts and information on the events leading up to the Boston Tea Party as well as the events that was brought about because of the Boston Tea Party. There are usually two sides to every situation. Gathering all of the facts will be the most important to begin with. Once this has been done then one can think clearer and precisely

The moral judgment made by Samuel Adams was that he believed that there should be no taxation without representation. His belief was that the colonist were not represented in Parliament and that they could not be taxed by that body; only the colonial assemblies where the colonists were represented. Thomas Hutchinson was opposed to the Stamp Act of 1765. However he attempted to enforce the tax, believing it was his duty and Parliament had the legal authority to impose it