"the government of the united states is not, in any sense, founded upon the christian religion, as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility of muslims." - treaty of tripoli

speaking of the founding fathers... 2 days before they signed off on the constitution, the 55 delegates of the continental congress partied at a tavern and according to the bill drank "54 bottles of madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 8 of whiskey, 22 of porter, 8 of hard cider, 12 of beer and 7 bowls of alcoholic punch".

so why did the british decide to tax tea, anyway? well, france annexed much of the land to the west of the british colonies - what we now think of as the midwest, basically. the british colonists didn't like that, so they started a war with france that the british wound up fighting for them. the tea tax was intended to cover the cost of the war, but the british colonists refused to pay.