Posted on 07/04/2013 7:29:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
If there is one extremely deceptive aspect of the American Revolution, it is that the Founding Fathers made revolution look easy. Since that fateful day, over two centuries ago, revolutions have ruffled across the globe, many claiming to follow in the ideals of the American Founders, or claiming to take their principles to a higher level. Almost none of them succeeded. None succeeded as fully. Quite often the result was a tyranny darker than the one overthrown.
So why did the American Revolution succeed so wonderfully?
Four things are necessary for a successful revolution:
1) The old order must be rotten
2) The revolutionary cause must offer improvement
3) Circumstances must be providential
4) The revolutionaries must be worthy
The first requirement is quite often easy to meet. As a general rule, governments are rotten. Some more than others; but it is the rare nation that is blessed with good government. The question is: Is the government rotten enough to merit a struggle, particularly an armed one?
In the case of the American Revolution, the British government was rotten and corrupt to the core. Our school books dumb down the cause to mere taxes, but it is more than that. British laws had put a stranglehold on the American economy, with the intent of making America nothing more than a dumping ground for British manufactures. Trade with the French or Spanish was forbidden.
To the untutored this may seem like nothing more than a protectionist policy; but in the seventeenth century this policy had reduced Scotland to poverty and Ireland to a slavish, starving state of penury; all by design. The rest of the Empire existed only to make London rich. On top of all of this, the colonists had no representation in the Parliament to correct the matter.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The Americans of the Revolution were the most unique people in world history. Literate, self-reliant, and moral at levels that is hard for us to conceive of today. They were probably the most biblically educated people in world history. Even the unbelieving Tom Paine would frame his pamphlet, Common Sense, arguing for revolution based on the Old Testament passages.
Contrary to popular belief, America was not one-third revolutionary, one-third neutral, and one-third Tory. In actuality, ninety percent of the population was in favor on Independence, to some degree or another. The American people were of a rare caliber of excellence, unity, and character.
When one looks at other revolutions in history, no one other people comes close.
I agree. How far we have fallen as a people.
It will have to take more of America to be pushed to the edge to get to anywere close.
In other words, the need to “wake up and SMELL the coffee.”
Just BELIEVE in God as a good start.
No. Sloth and greed have taken over nearly half our population. A great percentage of the rest is infested by immigrants whose sole intent is to grab as much entitlement as they can.
What’s left are old Americans like me and their children and grandchildren, who are being brainwashed daily in government schools, childrens’ PC programming, and contact with the entitlement generation.
Another revisionist History lie. We did NOT have everything going for us. We had few arms... very little Navy... ammunition was in short supply... our Army was in tatters... wearing rags wrapped around their feet in place of boots and marching in winter ice and snow... and they were ALL starving to death. To deny these things is to deny GOD and HIS divine hand in our Creation. To know History... you must read the ACTUAL ARCHIVED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS OR READ AN AUTHOR WHO HAS READ THE TRUTH and provides foot notes and proof for your own research... otherwise you are just reading NEA communist propaganda.
LLS
Bring back American jobs.
Now.
GOD is all that our Founder’s had. Everything that came our way and everything that occurred to allow our Freedom came directly from GOD.
LLS
“What’s left are old Americans like me and their children and grandchildren, who are being brainwashed daily in government schools, childrens’ PC programming, and contact with the entitlement generation.”
Until they get into THE REAL world and that all soon changes.
AMEN.
Yes, it will all come to some sort of reckoning sooner than most might think.
Q: How much would you pay the IRS to spy on your email and listen to your phone calls?
A: 50% of your income.
Attention Johnny One-Note: Irrelevant to the subject at hand.
RE: Another revisionist History lie. We did NOT have everything going for us. We had few arms... very little Navy... ammunition was in short supply... our Army was in tatters... wearing rags wrapped around their feet in place of boots and marching in winter ice and snow... and they were ALL starving to death. To deny these things is to deny GOD and HIS divine hand in our Creation.
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In reading the above article, I am not sure I see the author disagreeing with you regarding the scant resources the patriots had to work with... in fact, the author was praising the CHARACTER, COURAGE and FAITH of the revolutionaries.
The title was blasphemy IMHO... we had very little “going for us” but GOD. It is a personal quirk... I cannot stand deceptive titles that “suck you in” only to find out that the article is not about what the author wanted you to think that it was about. That is my point of contention and everything that I said about Revolutionary conditions was absolute truth. Hey... that’s just me being me. :-)
LLS
RE: The title was blasphemy IMHO... we had very little “going for us” but GOD
You shouldn’t be reading just the title.
That’s what the entire article is posted for. The “everything” in the title is not referring to weapons or soldiers. It was CLEARLY referring to character. and Yes, TRUST IN GOD.
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