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OKay, where is all this information coming from? because it's certainly not coming from the movie. The opening crawl merely tells us that the taxation of trade routes is in dispute. That's it. If naboo was the primary supporter of the taxation, we need to find out about that, but even so, that does not neccessarily explain the blockade, and certainly not the invasion. Why blockade a small, out of the way planet like Naboo, when they could go after a much higher profile planet, say Alderaan. If they're trying to make a political point, blockading a small, peaceful planet is not the best way to go about it. Unfortunately, this still doesn't explain why the Trade Federation would invade the Naboo. What would there be for them to gain from it? Nothing. What could they lose? Everything. It seems to me that while the blockade possibly has political justifications (although they are never discussed in the film, which is a *big* problem) there is absolutely no reason for the Federation to escalate things by invading Naboo.
Read the novelisation, the preceeding novel (which is GL sanctioned as being a nice lead in to the phantom menace) & the Star Wars Essential Chronology (revised edition).
I would love to spend time going through your post again & commenting & replying but Im shattered after a hard days sitting on my ass going through your last post
I'm sure I'll get around to it another time & as much as I'm explaining where this additional info comes from you have to also consider this fact:
I love the fact that there are obvious emissions in the story telling & they pay a guy at Lucasfilm (Steve Sansweet) to make all this shit filler up! Man that guy has THE BEST job in the world!!!!
I want his job! Just sitting around all day chewing gum & trawling through all the BS Ask the Jedi Council questions "How can Yoda fight like a spinning top, yet need a cane to walk with" kinda thing & then just make up what he wants in response, & thats it! Star Wars canon is made!!!
GENIUS!!!