tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4706427641503971448..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: How Trump-Style Mercantilism Started the American RevolutionRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15877056553580429522017-04-07T14:09:21.265-04:002017-04-07T14:09:21.265-04:00It was actually a tax cut, the Tea Act of 1773, wh...It was actually a tax cut, the Tea Act of 1773, which triggered a chain of events resulting in that politically violent state creating revolution. That law made the cost of tea from the East India Company cheaper than the smuggled Dutch tea then used throughout the colonies. When a delivery of it was destroyed in Boston Harbor, Britain responded with the Coercive Acts against the colony of Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259730262288807964noreply@blogger.com