The American colonists were not SUBJECTS of the King or parlaiment. They were CITIZENS who had GRANTED the British crown a role in thier government. These roles were spelled out in writing in the case of each colony. Parlaiment had no more right to levy taxes on the colonies than the Oklahoma legislature could levy taxes on New Yorkers. The colonies and Great Britain ONLY shared a common king. Even during the French & Indian War the colonial troops referred to themselves as King's Troops and they referred to the Red Coat troops as Parlaiment's Troops. They were ALLIES against a common enemy. When Geo. III sided w/ parlaiment in asserting a right to tax the colonies he was operating in conflict w/ the written charters. The colonists did not see themselves as overthrowing anything. Rather, the were defending their ancient rights as freeborn Englishmen. They owed submission to Geo. III no more than we owe submission to a burglar.
To say that they did not have a Biblical outlook is to defy the facts. On July 4, 1773 (3 yrs. before the declaration) the man who would lead the defense on Breed's hill sent a letter into the embargoed Boston w/ provisions. The letter of encouragement concludes w/ the words "We will defend the liberty wherewith CHRIST has made us free". One of the battle cries of the Continental army was "No King but Jesus".
I could go on...I'll stop now.
