Several sources have commented that the Boston tea party was about a tax cut not a tax raise. http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/1BB0C8F894BB490B852577020083A6F6?OpenDocument http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/04/15/tea-party-movement-confused-about-taxes-and-the-boston-tea-party...