It was the tea tax of 1772/1773 at 10%~ (if I remember) that ignighted the revolution.
Truth is that we The People wanted any excuse for a fight / revolt.
Gun control and prohibition of smelting of iron was a key part of starting the fight.
Guns were mostly illegal (illegal for commoners) in Mass bay colony east of Concord/Lexington (the fronteer at the time)
hence the raid on Concord and the fight at Lexington Green on a mission to sieze arms in 1775.
Gun control was a key factor in the revolt.
"British gun control precipitated the American Revolution the 1774 import ban on firearms and gunpowder the 1774-75 confiscations of firearms and gunpowder and the use of violence to effectuate the confiscations. It was these events that changed a situation of political tension into a shooting war. Each of these British abuses provides insights into the scope of the modern Second Amendment"
The above is a quote from an unknown writer, not my words.
HH
