The first battles of the American Revolutionary War, which eventually
freed America from England and tyrannical rule of King George III, were
fought at Lexington and then Concord on April 19, 1775.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord
Redcoats were marching to Concord to seize weapons and supplies from the
local militia. They were confronted by the minutemen in Lexington.
Nobody knows who fired first, but it was later called the "shot heard
'round the world".
Taxation without representation is tyranny. Taxation with
representatives who ignore their constituents, enabling war profiteers
and businesses "too big to fail" to steal from the treasury and devalue
the currency, is the same.
