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It wasn’t about tea. It was about power – the principle that Parliament could tax the colonies without consent. Even a “trifling sum” meant surrender. The Tea Act was a trap, a test of obedience. And the Revolutionaries chose resistance. On this episode, we break the lie wide open: cheaper tea wasn’t peace – it was submission. And they refused to drink it.
Path to Liberty: May 9, 2025
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Alexander Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, &c. (15 Dec 1774)
Tea Act: History.com
Episode – The Forgotten Law That Caused the American Revolution
JL Bell – Why all the Fuss over Tea?
David Ramsay – The History of the American Revolution, vol. 1 (1789)
Benjamin Franklin – Letter to William Franklin (14 Feb 1773)
Tea Act Transcription
The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VI
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. VII (1767)
Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution, Chapter II
Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Thomas Cushing (4 June 1773)
George Washington – Letter to Bryan Fairfax (20 July 1774)
Resolutions Of The Town Of Boston (5 Nov 1773)
Benjamin Rush – Hamden, Pennsylvania Journal (20 Oct 1773)
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It wasn’t about tea. It was about power – the principle that Parliament could tax the colonies without consent. Even a “trifling sum” meant surrender. The Tea Act was a trap, a test of obedience. And the Revolutionaries chose resistance. On this episode, we break the lie wide open: cheaper tea wasn’t peace – it was submission. And they refused to drink it.
Path to Liberty: May 9, 2025
Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here
SHOW LINKS:
Show Archives
Alexander Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, &c. (15 Dec 1774)
Tea Act: History.com
Episode – The Forgotten Law That Caused the American Revolution
JL Bell – Why all the Fuss over Tea?
David Ramsay – The History of the American Revolution, vol. 1 (1789)
Benjamin Franklin – Letter to William Franklin (14 Feb 1773)
Tea Act Transcription
The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VI
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. VII (1767)
Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution, Chapter II
Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Thomas Cushing (4 June 1773)
George Washington – Letter to Bryan Fairfax (20 July 1774)
Resolutions Of The Town Of Boston (5 Nov 1773)
Benjamin Rush – Hamden, Pennsylvania Journal (20 Oct 1773)
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Watch on X
Watch on Bitchute
Watch on Brighteon
Watch on LinkedIn
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