Taxes & Smuggling - Prelude to Revolution: Crash Course US History #6

In which John Green teaches you about the roots of the American Revolution. The Revolution did not start on July 4, 1776. The Revolutionary War didn't start on July 4 either. (as you remember,...

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Hi, I'm John Green, this is Crash Course: US History, and today we begin discussing the American Revolution.So two things to keep in mind here:One, the American Revolution and the American War for Independence are not the same thing.And two, while I know this will upset some of you, the American Revolution was not really about taxes.Mr. Green, Mr. Green! It was about tea, right?Also, it was not about tea.The Boston Tea party was about taxes and our God-given right to smuggle.It's a little confusing, me from the past, but that's why Crash Course is here![Theme Music]So as you'll recall, the Seven Years War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 which made the colonists cranky because it limited their ability to take land from the Indian...