These days here in MA any mention of a tea party brings charges of racism, xenophobia, and knuckle dragging Neanderthal Nazis who want to starve children, kill the poor and elderly...
That’s really atrocious!
The patriots up there should do something about it.
I would gladly give New England and a few other nearby states back to the king.
As far as being the birthplace of US freedom, perhaps the first battles were fought there but don’t forget about a third of the population supported the king. The real war for independence, IMO, was won in the south and mid atlantic states from West Point south.