Bad Boston Tea Party/American Revolution History.

I must say before I begin, I'm better versed in the military history of the American Revolution, so forgive me if I make a terrible mistake on a bad history subreddit, or if I leave an important piece out, but this meme is bad history, so here we go!

I start with the first sentence, "look at these crybaby losers", well if you know anything about a monarchy, you will know that these people, led by the famous Sons of Liberty did not technically lose in this situation, because simply their King was a King, not an elected official. Even the governor of Massachusetts was appointed by the British, or more specifically by King George III. Of course, the monarchy had been the government of Britain and other important 18th century countries such as France and Spain. Which means the challenge to the type of government that has been in place for centuries is quite significant, and even supports the OP's claim in the meme.

However, bad history often comes with leaving out important details! In order to give these details, here are a list of grievances! These certain grievances are from a future president and prove that the colonies were not only frustrated over "taxation without representation", but 26 other issues as well.

Perhaps I haven't done a great job explaining why this meme is bad history just yet though. The innocent people with the "private property" is in fact the property of the East India Tea Company, which according to Brittanica, was a company formed by a royal charter, which to delved into British imperialism in India, and British politics, so no, this is a bit more powerful of a company than your 21st century Starbucks. Essentially they had a monopoly of tea throughout the British rule, and this tea was tied into the British government, meaning, a raid on their tea in the Boston Harbor is a powerful political statement, and is a destruction of British government property, as well as East India Tea Company's property.

The jobs comment struck me as well, OP is obviously trying to get a 21st century spin on the Boston Tea Party, but let's analyze the three main organizers of the Boston Tea Party. The first is Paul Revere, not necessarily a man without a job, Revere was one of the most well regarded silversmiths or goldsmiths in the colonies at the time. The next organizer is Sam Adams, perhaps known to OP as a modern day beer maker, but instead, he was a successful New England political leader, or rabble rouser, depending on how you view him. William Molineax is a bit lesser known, but was a successful merchant, so again, not really truthful.

I must mention before I finish, that yes, I know I left out the Tea Act, the Townsend Acts, and other Acts by the British, but I think President Jefferson gave us a decent amount of information as to why the colonials were pretty upset over British rule, even if his grievances were announced three years later.