Americans have sometimes resorted to using extralegal means to promote change. assess the extent to which such measures were effective by analyzing each of the following: boston tea party, john brown’s raid at harper’s ferry.

This is especially prominent now, in relation to the riots happening in Baltimore. These extralegal tactics have had a mixed history of success in actually solving the problem at hand, although many of them, including the Boston Tea Party, brought awareness to the issue and rallied people around a common cause.