Boston Tea Party: Why China Mattered to the American Revolution

The featured image combines photos of Dr. Norwood and Adel Aali from the interview, set against the Betsy Ross flag, alongside the cover of his book, "Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America", which we discuss in this interview available at AARevolution.net

Introduction In this interview: “I should also say that part of what’s going on in the colonies, and part of what, you know, intersects with the revolution is that colonists are inveterate smugglers…” Watch this section in the video below (00:11:37). Most Americans don’t immediately link China to the Revolution—but trade with East Asia was […]