Tragically, most Americans do not have any idea what it was that actually triggered America’s War for Independence. The primary reason was not “taxation without representation,” or taxes of any kind, for that matter. And it was certainly not because our Founding Fathers were a bunch of anti-government extremists or demon-possessed puppets of the Illuminati.
For the most part, our Founding Fathers were good and honorable men of devout Christian faith. They were mostly educated men of means who had much to lose by supporting America’s War for Independence. They were schooled in both the Holy Scriptures and the principles of Natural Law. They were men who valued liberty above safety and wealth and were willing to sacrifice their “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” to be able to bequeath the principles of liberty to their posterity.
“The shot heard ’round the world” in the pre-dawn hours of April 19, 1775, on Lexington Green, Massachusetts, was probably inevitable, but the causes of its occurrence cannot be denied. The primary mission of the British Crown that morning was to confiscate the firearms of the colonists in Lexington and Concord. It sent 800 military troops to fulfill that mission.
Warned of the approaching British troops by Paul Revere and William Dawes, a little over 70 men (mostly from the congregation of the Church at Lexington, pastored by Jonas Clark) stood on Lexington Green, muskets in arm, to face the troops. The rest, as they say, is history.
Read the rest here: https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3970/Lexington-And-Concord-Redux-In-Virginia.aspx
What?!! On the Founding Fathers:
” They were men who valued liberty above safety and wealth and were willing to sacrifice their ‘lives, fortunes, and sacred honor’ to be able to bequeath the principles of liberty to their posterity.”
Chuck, they were aristocrats who took many gifts of land and wealth from the king. They were traitors.
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Well, he mentioned that the Founding Fathers were not “a bunch of anti-government extremists,” which made me ask, “What’s wrong with ‘anti-government extremists,’ especially if that government is evil and tyrannical?” Extreme times may require extreme measures. I guess he’s putting the founders above the “6 whores and 6 ditch-diggers.”
Katie, I understand how you pulled some good from this article. I feel resonance with the last paragraph, but usually the founders get the credit, while so many of the unnamed brave do not. Anyhow, I think this is a conversation that must be had, concerning where the founders fell short. Except for Henry’s coverage we hear so little about it.
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Katie, what happened to your comment?
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It is interesting about the “They weren’t anti-government extremists”…Was there a Government in existence at this point created by “We the People” and restricted with our bill of rights…..Hmmmm, I don’t think so.