Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin
“On May 10, 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act. To the average observer, it seemed like a break. Cheaper tea. A financial rescue for the struggling East India Company. A convenient solution. But to the American Revolutionaries, it was a trap. And Benjamin Rush didn’t mince words about what it meant: ‘The baneful chests contain in them a slow poison in a political as well as a physical sense. They contain something worse than death – the seeds of slavery.’ This was never about tea. It was about submission. It was about accepting that Parliament could tax them – without consent.” (05/10/25)
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/05/10/the-tea-act-of-1773-was-a-test-of-obedience/