“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. “ (Declaration of Independence)
On this date in 1775 were fought the Battles of Lexington and Concord, marking the start of the American Revolution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord