The British tried a similar thing over 200 years ago. Here's a quote from Washington concerning it:
“They [The British] meant to drive us into what they termed rebellion, that they might be furnished with a pretext to disarm, and then strip us of the rights and privileges of Englishmen and citizens” George Washington 1778
Madison later made the following statement concerning how the Patriots responded:
"The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthen itself by exercise, and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle." – James Madison 1785."