Should Safety Replace Liberty? 🇺🇸 (Part 1)

May 18

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a crisis was brewing. A colony was starving. Men were yearning for ONE idea. Some called it impossible. Others called it anarchy, but the brave called it…FREEDOM. In early 1770, this seemingly unrealistic concept started taking root in America.

On March 5, 1770, the infamous Boston massacre occurred. This day was the culmination of bad blood between the soon-to-be-called Patriots and the British soldiers. Since 1767, the colonists had been unlawfully taxed by King George III through the Townsend Acts. These acts placed taxes on imports such as paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. It also gave the British soldiers the right to search colonists’ houses and businesses. All of these acts were passed without any representation from the thirteen colonies; hence came the slogan, “No taxation without representation.”
Bostonians were upset. Over two thousand British soldiers occupied the city forcing unlawful taxes on the people. Finally, the proverbial match was struck, and a riot broke out between the colonists and the British soldiers. In the end, five colonists lost their lives. As most know, the Revolutionary War started soon thereafter. Many victories were won, but many lives were lost in the process.
Today, we are not dealing with bloodshed, but the torch of Liberty has been passed on to us. What will we pass on to our posterity? We must ask ourselves, “Should Safety Replace Liberty?”