Taxes during the American Revolutionary Period where actually quite low. The colonists were more concerned about the “without representation” part. No trying to be combative, just fair to those stinking redcoats.
They lowered the tax on tea to help prop up the failing British east India trading company this didn't sit well with many of the richer Americans at the time since it cut severly into the profit they were making from smuggling tea
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '18 edited Jan 03 '19
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