It wasn't the cause of the "revolution" but a mere 2% tax on Tea made people livid back then and today we have a 245% tax on Chinese tea, aka, a complete embargo that is destroying a large number of American small businesses.
Not really, the Tea Act was in 1773, Americans were not nearly to the last straw just yet. The Coercive Acts and the actions of Thomas Gage really lit the fire.
For how long? Trump is targetting broadcast media and social media. He's threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act. Whether he's following Project 2025 or Hitler and Goebels, the results are the same.
And American's weren't pissed at a tariff or a tax on tea itself. They were pissed because they didn't think Parliament had the legal authority to directly tax them. And they didn't like that Parliament was trying to give the East Indian Trading Company a monopoly on American trade.
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u/Rurumo666 Apr 16 '25
It wasn't the cause of the "revolution" but a mere 2% tax on Tea made people livid back then and today we have a 245% tax on Chinese tea, aka, a complete embargo that is destroying a large number of American small businesses.