How did the most loyal subjects in the British empire end up declaring independence? Nobody in America woke up one morning wanting a revolution. In episode two of Liberty Under God, Papa and Grandma Rita walk the twelve years that turned loyal colonists into a new nation.
Key points
- 0:00 A Victory That Lost an Empire
- 1:18 Welcome Back to the Couch
- 2:36 A Victory That Changed Everything
- 5:18 The Trial That Tested Liberty
- 6:09 A Conservative Revolution
- 10:40 Romans Thirteen at the Kitchen Table
- 12:21 When Words Ran Out
- 14:45 The Plows Left Standing
- 15:55 For Reflection , Matthew Henry
- 17:13 God Bless Our Native Land (1834)
- 18:08 The Whole Book, Free
What this episode covers
The road to 1776 ran twelve years long. It began with a victory, the end of the French and Indian War, that left Britain in debt and looking to the colonies to help pay it. The taxes that followed taught a hard lesson about representation and consent. Along the way came the trial where John Adams, a patriot, defended the British soldiers of the Boston Massacre because he believed the law had to be the same for everyone, even redcoats. This episode also weighs the Romans 13 question that serious Christians still ask: what does Scripture require of subjects toward governing authorities, and where are the limits? It ends on the spring morning at Lexington and Concord when farmers left their plows standing in the field and the fighting began. Told from the certified GraceHaven Academy American History course, the episode shows that the Revolution was not a sudden fever but a slow, reluctant conclusion reached by people who prized order and had to be pushed a long way before they would break with the king. It is the way GraceHaven Academy teaches history: the hardest questions faced honestly, with God at the foundation.
GraceHaven Academy teaches American history from the primary sources, with the hardest questions faced honestly and God at the foundation of every subject. Continue the series with Episode 3: the Declaration, read the whole Liberty Under God book free at gracehaven.ai/resources/liberty-under-god, or explore the curriculum: gracehaven.ai/academy.