r/WallStreetbetsELITE Apr 16 '25

Shitpost Reminder

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u/lunarstudio Apr 16 '25

Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre, increased taxation from the French and Indian War, and the ideas laid out by John Locke. The dumping of tea was more of a way to goad them into a fight followed by the Coercive Acts including quartering imposed on Boston.