I've cut/pasted a fantastic post from Voat that I figured many here would love to read. For the full run down, see the following link: https://voat .co/v/funny/3668726/22598830 Original Title: American revolution started because of 3% tax... The following comment was quite informative ---- Not true. Jews Started the War Two harsh laws forcing colonies to use central bank currency caused the problem ! The 3% tax is a mere scapegoat or at best a "straw that broke the camel's back" Proof : http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/currency-act.html "...American colonists to ban together to protest "taxation without representation" and the violating of their rights as British citizens, ultimately culminating in the American Revolutionary War." Currency Act of 1751 : forbade the New England colonies from issuing paper money, only european jewish paper money allowed Currency Act of 1764 : all money ruled illegal, all money ruled contraband EXCEPT the european jewish controlled British pound. This caused a massive great depression in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_Act http://www.carolana.com/NC/Royal_Colony/The_Currency_Act_1764.html The british pound currency was controlled entirely by Jewish bankers for nearly 80 years BEFORE the 1770s. : In 1694 William of Orange granted the Bank of England its charter. It's shareholders were full of Jews with Spanish sounding names - Da Costa, A Fonseca, A Mendes, A Nunes, A Henriquez, Rodrigues, A Salvador, De Mattos, De Medina. The Jews had English banking by the balls from 1694 to this very day. This 3% tax they teach little kids in grade school and tea party nonsense is not the list of grievances listed in great detail by the founding fathers in their papers or the "Federalist Papers" grievances : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Federalist_Papers Jews started almost all wars you can think of, even the Spanish-american war. All. The Tea Party was a side show, but a visible one, and the biggest tax was a FOREIGN controlled tax on PAPERS used to spread information. ALL PAPER had to have a STAMP TAX mark on it. Unregulated paper was a crime. And NOT HAVING REPRESENTATION (elected leaders) was the main issue, but the declaration of independence list a hundred reasons for revolt but a tax was not a main issue. The only mention of Tax among the countless grievances is taxes set by foreign governments and no local Consent. READ YOURSELF! : https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript TL/DR : the tea party is a non-story, and in fact its well documented that JEWISH BANKERS outraged the colonists and provoked the revolutionary war.