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A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants

Jul 8th, 2012 | By
A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants

None doth, then, resist the ordinance of God who resist the king in tyrannous acts. —Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex, (1644) That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it….  —The Declaration of Independence (1776) The Defense of Liberty The American Revolution was a war over taxation, lawful authority, and the traditional rights of Englishmen.  When the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act (1765), it sought to impose on the American Colonies an authority the Colonies did not recognize.  Parliament was
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