"The protest movement that culminated with the Boston Tea Party was not a dispute about high taxes. The price of legally imported tea was actually reduced by the Tea Act of 1773. Protestors were instead concerned with a variety of other issues. The familiar "no taxation without representation" argument, along with the question of the extent of Parliament's authority in the colonies, remained prominent."
Um, guys, yoo-hoo, you DO have representation. That's what elections are all about. In a (representative) democracy, the majority rules and a majority of your fellow citizens voted for the representatives who are now in congress.
More history here:
Yes, I know it's Wiki, but this version is how I learned it in school many, many years ago.
I think you've found your niche Cindi!! :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I gotta be me. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI had no idea this was going to be so much fun.