Taxes and the American Revolution: A Chat with Benjamin Carp

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Historian Ben Carp talks with us about the role of taxes in the American revolution. Among many other things, we discuss whether taxes were the only grievance the colonists had against Britain, how heavily the colonies were taxed relative to the English in England, and, most importantly, how much of a party was the Boston tea party.

Ben is the author of several books, including, relevant to our discussion today,

"Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party & the Making of America"

and most recently, "The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution"