Okay Fellow Patriots:

King John is dead!  Let's fast forward 400 years. Religious prosecution is the name of the game.  King James I of England and Ireland (aka King James VI of Scotland), son of Mary Queen of Scots, has had the Bible translated once again into English (The King James version - 1611).  A religious group of people, The Puritans, read the Bible and come to the startling conclusion that the king lied.  He is not the head of the church as they have been told; but that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church.  This causes great concern and persecution by the crown.  So, on November 11, 1620, this group of misfits, these religious rebels sign a contract with the Mayflower Company, called the Mayflower Compact, to take them to the new world where they would be free to worship God as they so desired without the interruption of the crown.

Now, let us leap forward once again about 150 years.  After years of no taxation, the Parliament of England thought it might be a good idea to start taxing the Colonists to bring the Colonies to heel.  The Colonists did not believe that British Parliament had the authority to tax them.  After all, the colonies had been left alone for almost 150 years and due to the trade with the colonies, England - The British Empire, had become the richest and most powerful country in the world.  King George III didn't need the money.  He was already the wealthiest man in the world.  The colonist - The Whig Party - took it as an affront.  And, on December 16, 1773, disguised as Indians, dumped the British tea shipment into the Boston harbor in protest to the taxation of the colonies by the king.

Next time we go into the Revolution.  Keep the Flag flying high.

I am, as always, Eldee Charles Spratt - "The" American Patriot.