That is correct.
70 men stood against the advancing British regular army, 700 troops on their way to destroy the patriots’ supply depot at Concord. The rebels had been warned in advance of the route by Paul Revere and others. Even with the valuable intel, they knew they would be greatly outnumbered. As the majority of rebel forces fell back to defend Concord, these 70 stood. They stood out of principle.
It wasn’t just the outrageous amount of tax on tea (about $20/lb in today’s dollars)… it was the moral objection to any taxation at all, without representation. The native born colonists had no standing in parliament.
No one cared about them, nor their rights. The entire Empire sneered at them.
Sound familiar?
One could wonder if the worlds “most powerful military” of today could even stand a chance against today’s native-born Americans.
Liberalism is still a sin, even Classical Liberalism.