Political speech is important in our system because the country (AKA America) runs off of political views and opinions
there are plenty.
if you are looking for something from way back, there was the tea act and it put taxes on tea and the colonists from Boston boarded british ships and dumped the tea into the ocean, otherwise known as the Boston tea party.
The nights served the king and queens back then.......the swords and the lance where for protection......the knights wear armor for protection against other knight
Sir John Watts was an English merchant and shipowner, active in the East India Company and Virginia Company and Lord Mayor of London in 1606. hope this helps <3