Our perspective is quite different from the PC, CRT, uber-revisionist view of the Ken Burns PBS series re-imagining the American Revolution. In Part 1 we got the Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) on what was the American Revolution. Which led to the Biblical Worldview of the American Revolution. That’s a big deal, because it frames everything the Patriots thought when they fought. In this Part 2 we’ll start to parse the “what” of our American Revolution.
Given: In 1775 after a revolutionary season of 12 years, one third of the Enlightenment Era, Dissident Protestant British people across four regional cultures (in 13 separate Colonies) took up arms to keep the Rights their ancestors won in the previous century.
In 1775 after a revolutionary season of 12 years
The date-time stamp and grid location for every human event matters.
Twelve years before 1775 was 1763. The long, bitter French and Indian War ended. Also, known as the Seven Years War it was a war between Britain and France waged across the whole world. The war actually got started in the Colonies by none other than George Washington.
It was very expensive for Britain to send an Army and a Navy to help defend the colonies. Even though the Brits won control of all French possessions east of the Mississippi, King George III ordered his Colonists not to go west of the Appalachian Mountains to keep peace with the Indians. This caused great resentment.
After the war ended in 1763, Britain taxed the 13 colonies without their consent. That’s something all Americans should have learned many times in their k-12 education. The 13 colonies had their own legislatures, yet they were taxed by Parliament in London.
It took 12 years of abuses from Britain to create grievances sufficient to motivate men to take up arms against their sovereign government. To revolt and truly commit treason.
One-third
Only one-third of the colonists were convinced to risk their lives, liberty, and property – literally their very families – taking up arms against the most powerful military on the planet. One-third opposed the revolutionaries. One-third, initially, wanted to be left alone. War doesn’t work that way. War doesn’t allow neutrals to live among combatants.
That revolutionary one-third is a significant number.
It means a brave, committed minority can convince the indecisive to become a majority. Furthermore, it shows how a majority motivated and led by a hard core can overcome as much as one-in-three opposition.
If it “just takes a third” to win, that is good guidance for winning the Great U.S. Culture War. It’s indicative of what a committed one-third can do against the third holding all the levers of power and backed by even more power.
Consequently, today’s Movement Conservatives should recall how long a truly revolutionary season took and how few it took to make it happen and win.
A new revolutionary season to restore, improve, and push forward the Biblical American Revolution Worldview as a governing consensus worldview will take years. And, it requires at least a dedicated, passionate third of Americans.
In Part 3, we’ll get to the next aspects on what was our American Revolution – with keywords like Enlightenment, Dissident Protestant, well-armed, etc.
The previous article in this series can be found here: A Perspective on Our American Revolution (Part 1)
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