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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: jttmab who wrote (138805)7/5/2004 10:02:42 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I agree with you that the bill of grievances contained dubious items, and that the strongest case was the undermining of colonial government in an attempt to "royalize" government. In that sense, much like the rebellion leading to the Magna Carta, it was a revolution to support traditional rights against the arbitrary exactions of the Crown in Parliament. The biggest clue to the stake in the Revolution was the change of "mentality", as the French might say: they no longer considered themselves Englishmen, but were Americans, or, better, citizens of their several colonies. As such, they were defending their country(ies) against its imperial master. To put it another way, the bonds of allegiance to the "mother country" were so attenuated that one would have been hard pressed to call England "their country", rather than an overlord that had become oppressive.......
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