Celebrating  America 250 years of Freedom

The Pilgrims came to America primarily for religious freedom. They were English Separatists who believed the Church of England had become too corrupt preventing them from worshiping according to their own Christian beliefs. So, they left for America in 1620 aboard the Mayflower and established Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts.

More than 150 years later, tensions between Great Britain and its American colonies grew over taxation, representation, and individual rights. Following the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, prompting colonial leaders to meet and discuss a common response.

In 1774, delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies gathered at the First Continental Congress, marking one of the first major unified political responses to British rule. As conflict escalated, fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, beginning the American Revolutionary War.  The war lasted 8 years resulting in approximately 25,000 American deaths.

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. The United States Constitution was adopted in 1787, and the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.

Many of America's Founding Fathers identified as Christians, and Christianity influenced the culture of the early United States.  At that time, it was widely accepted that the United States was founded as a Christian nation.  Today many still believe the US is basically still the Christian nation that the Pilgrams came here to establish. However, many do not and are against that concept and have been successful in removing any form of prayer from our schools and removing the 10 commandments from most public display.

At any rate we should all celebrate this 250-year anniversary of this great free nation . We should all appreciate the sacrifices the colonists made fighting for theirs and our freedom and independence.  God Bless America

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