The TEA ACT: A Trap “WORSE THAN DEATH”
It wasnโt about tea. It was about power – the principle that Parliament could tax the colonies without consent. Even a โtrifling sumโ meant surrender. The Tea Act was a trap, a test of obedience. And the Revolutionaries chose resistance. On this episode, we...
Boston Tea Party? It Actually Started in Philadelphia!
โThe active business of the American Revolution began in Philadelphia.โ Thatโs what Benjamin Rush and John Adams believed – because the spark that ignited the Boston Tea Party wasnโt in Boston. It was lit in Philadelphia on October 16, 1773. This forgotten piece...