Your history is right but your interpretation suspect. The East India Company was a government-created monopoly; essentially an arm of the British government. True conservatives hate government sponsored monopolies. The colonists wanted free trade & knew they would prosper under open markets.
As to the previous post, let’s not condemn rightfully earned profits. They are part of what makes the system work and they pay your income, whether private or public. And yes, property rights were a key reason why the American revolution occurred.
