The Boston Tea Party was about price but its a bit more involved then you described. The Navigation Acts prohibited direct trade between British colonies. Tea from India had to be shipped to England. It was then taxed and reexported to the colonies. John Hancock smuggled tea from the Dutch and it was cheaper because of better routing and no taxes. The East India Company got permission to directly ship from Asia to Boston, making their tea cheaper then the smuggled tea. The British government was going on the strategy that you can't be a little bit pregnant. Once they accepted the taxes on this tea, the colonies couldn't oppose any import revenue taxes.
You are absolutely correct about the delegates to the Continental Congress being from different countries. It took the Revolution to change that. Alexander Hamilton was the only true Nationalist of the founding fathers. He was born in the West Indies and emigrated to America. For the rest, it's interesting to note that the Federalists were led by veterans of the Continental Army who suffered from the failures of the Confederation. The Anti-Federalists and Jefferson's Republicans were lead by people who had not fought in the war.
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The Boston Tea Party was about price but its a bit more involved then you described. The Navigation Acts prohibited direct trade between British colonies. Tea from India had to be shipped to England. It was then taxed and reexported to the colonies. John Hancock smuggled tea from the Dutch and it was cheaper because of better routing and no taxes. The East India Company got permission to directly ship from Asia to Boston, making their tea cheaper then the smuggled tea. The British government was going on the strategy that you can't be a little bit pregnant. Once they accepted the taxes on this tea, the colonies couldn't oppose any import revenue taxes.
You are absolutely correct about the delegates to the Continental Congress being from different countries. It took the Revolution to change that. Alexander Hamilton was the only true Nationalist of the founding fathers. He was born in the West Indies and emigrated to America. For the rest, it's interesting to note that the Federalists were led by veterans of the Continental Army who suffered from the failures of the Confederation. The Anti-Federalists and Jefferson's Republicans were lead by people who had not fought in the war.