Great Post!
Posted on 07/04/2017 6:31:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
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I’d also like to think that Divine Providence had his hand upon it.
An article that inspires! Happy Fourth to all.
May all who wish us ill will inside and out enjoy watching us celebrate the greatest country on earth
I think our revolution was exceptional because there was less “pressure due to proximity” between the two sides.
We didn’t exactly threaten London or the monarchy, so it wasn’t a “fight to the death” for the Brits, and thus it made them more open to ending hostilities instead of ramping it up for reasons of self-preservation. At most they lost colonies thousands of miles away, not their heads.
“3. Unlike the Russian, French, or English Revolutions, the Revolutionary War never underwent an extremely violent phase, glutted with beheadings and torture.”
No...but there were instances of retribution against Loyalists, including having their property confiscated without compensation even though part of the Treaty of Paris was supposed to have this all resolved peacefully.
Not exactly “extremely violent”, but you couldn’t ask for a better outcome, I suppose.
Good morning.
I disagree partiality with number 3. The British tortured, extorted and hung many patriots.
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The British might have, but the Americans did not.
Its especially satisfying to note our destructive former President is out of country this 4th.
I’ll buy that.
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It really wasn’t a revolution. The colonies were not trying to start a new govenrnment. They merely wanted to maintain the self-government they had enjoyed for the previous 150 or so years. Opposite of other revolutions.
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“It really wasn’t a revolution. The colonies were not trying to start a new government. They merely wanted to maintain the self-government they had enjoyed for the previous 150 or so years. Opposite of other revolutions.”
My thots too.
We were reasserting the rights enjoyed for years .
Rights king Geo was trying to usurp.
Appalled by the French revolution, Edmund Burke on our revolution:
https://almostchosenpeople.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/edmund-burke-and-the-american-revolution/
The English—-they’ll always do the right thing, after trying everything else.
Sorry, but they most certainly did. Not to the same extent as the Loyalists, perhaps, but the extent was certainly not "zero". Unless you classify "tarring and feathering" as light entertainment.
My paternal family got here in 1633, one ancestor signed the Declaration of Independence, family members fought in the Revolutionary War, and one served in Washington's cabinet, so I have more than passing interest in the colonial and post-colonial period of history.
Yes. We cite several miracles in the book.
Yes. We cite several miracles in the book.
The election of businessman Donald Trump underscores that we are indeed a very unique nation in that ordinary people can still send one of their own to the presidency and sock it to the established order.
We have much to be thankful for this Independence Day.
Great Post!
Thank you, and I will put this on my reading list, and continue to pray that He keeps His Hand upon our country, even when we (collectively) may not deserve It.
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