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Yeah! That's right!
This is what you get for taxing us and ruining our markets.
This isn't what I meant by "unload the tea!"
The Colonists were unhappy with the tax on tea because it was bad for their economy. When the British came with the load of tea, demanding it be unloaded, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the ocean.
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This comic represents Lexington and Concord, the first ignition the the revolution. It shows how the British affected the Americans, and caused the first conflicts of the war.
We had to take your weapons so you couldn't rebel more against the great King George iii.
You and your Redcoats tried to take our weapons and arrest our leaders! Our leaders were helping us secure our freedom.
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The colonists were upset with the Townhend Acts, which put taxes on goods like lead, paper, glass, and tea. The colonists, who were being punished by the taxes, started boycotting goods, which led to violence, like the Boston massacre, depicted here.
You colonists have been really rebellious! We enforced those taxes because we fought the French and their Indian allies! It's just your share of the costs!
First, you British tax us! Then, you send soldiers into our homes! Now, you kill one of us?