HISTORICAL ARTICLES
REGARDING A PROPER RESPONSE TO
UNJUST TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTS
| AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE DECLARATION OF THE CAUSES AND NECESSITY OF TAKING UP ARMS
1775 DECLARATION OF THE CAUSES AND
NECESSITY OF TAKING UP ARMS July 6, 1775 |
On
April 27th, 1775, British General, Thomas Gage, disarmed the people of Boston under the
pretence that, if they turned in their weapons, they would be allowed to leave the city.
After collecting 1,778 muskets and 634 pistols, he did not allow
them to leave anyway. The Declaration of Causes of Taking up Arms was written two months
later by Thomas Jefferson and John Dickson. In it, they state regarding the Bostonians who
disarmed, "They accordingly delivered up their arms; but in open violation of
honor." |
| THE SANQUHAR DECLARATION |
A
Declaration posted by the Scottish Covenanters on June 22nd, 1680, wherein they declared
war on Charles Stuart, the King of England. |
| VINDICIAE CONTRA TYRANNOS/ A Defense of Liberty Against
Tyrants |
Written
by French Protestants after the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, this work was first
published in 1579. It addresses the question of when is it right and just to resist the
government. |
| THE FATE OF BLOOD-THIRSTY OPPRESSORS, AND GOD'S
TENDER CARE OF HIS DISTRESSED PEOPLE |
A sermon preached by Jonas Clark, Pastor of the Church at Lexington, on April 19,
1776; to commemorate the MURDER, BLOOD-SHED, and commencement of hostilities,
between Great-Britain and America, in that town, Command of Lieutanent-Colnel SMITH, on
the nineteenth of APRIL, 1775. |
| QUOTES
REGARDING RESISTANCE TO UNJUST GOVERNMENTS |
John Knox, John Calvin, the Apostles, and others. |
| Whether
Kings, princes, and other political governors be subject to God's laws, and the positive
laws of their countries. |
A short
treatise of political power, and of the true obedience which subjects owe to kings and
other civil governors, with an exhortation to all true natural English men, compiled by
Dr. John Ponet. |
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