• amorangi@lemmy.nz
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    2 days ago

    Is that what you were told? The Boston Tea Party was caused by a cut in taxes.

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        So you read all of that, and came away with “checks out”? If they were technically correct, maybe. But the way their post was stated, they implied the colonies were freaking out over a tax cut that benefited them. Instead, it was the age old tradition of cutting taxes for the wealthy and continuing to tax the Americans disproportionately.

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        The Boston Tea Party happened because with the cut in tax it became unprofitable to smuggle tea. Americans are extremely ignorant about their own history.