Continuing in a series on American history:
Self Rule Rises by Michael Doyle From the High Middle Ages, society had a transformation As Calvin and Luther led the church's reformation In a faithful take befitting the Bible's explanation Making these changes centered on holy justification The Church and society were subject to fragmentation As differing mindsets arose as did the power of nations Henry the Eighth sought a marital dispensation in hand And in failing to obtain this, founded the Church of England England that is as to its elements of self rule Breaking away from the corruption of the old school Passions raised up against this mass corruption Other nations followed suit quietly in their disruption Spain, on the other hand, were out for their treasury Having little care for the people's long lived misery All for one mentality ruled each and every colony All for the sake of the one being the royal family When England defeated the Spanish Armada fleet The die was cast and England too its prominent seat This then set the predominance of England's culture Though America's other traces would also come to nurture The Catholic monarchies rested on belief in divine right Where English constraints demanded the ruler's own light Shine through and bearing that ruler's own influence Both of these met in the America's in full confluence English companies settled in pursuit of private property But, also, some well established in common law's liberty Each of these had their own hopes and full aspirations As these set the foundation for the American nation Jamestown barely hung on until tobacco became lord king But what else but vice could city boys be expected to bring Whereas New England's Puritans had their own holy mission To build a new Zion with, of course, an unholy crown's permission Holy and unholy commonwealths rose from the wilderness All in the hope of restoring the church's holiness Setting out the lay model of Christianity's charity Urging the colonists to unite into needed solidarity These Pilgrims came into exodus to the Promised Land In variation of their faith as best we can understand All these ideals formed the zeal for reformation Which came to gather force across this birthing nation All of these ideals failed as their original intent And in so doing, caused the colonies to reinvent Each becoming dispersing grounds for utopian ideals Which led to the practical and pragmatism's new zeal These experiments lead to the ideals of self rule Englishness adapted to new form from old school Power lodged in the people over tyrannical crown While conversely ruling at times from top down This drive for self rule led to the Glorious Revolution And this in turn finally led to the American Revolution Though first the French and Indian War brought taxation That felt to Americans as a imposed without representation At last this brought a feeling of colonial determinism Bringing frustration, hope and a feeling of Americanism The Great Awakening merged this surge with worship Evangelically destabilizing but emphasizing God's relationship At the same time arose the rational Great Enlightenment And with its skepticism based on reason's own bemusement Each of these establishing contingencies to tradition And a willingness to follow reason's interpretation A series of redoubling acts brought natural resistance Against the un-represented America's persistence Continental Congress formed with a new found sensibility This revolution commenced in England's war on liberty In April 1775, the fuse of war at last was lit Concord and Lexington caused America to be well knit Fearing that we might bleed from every single vein Seemed to some to lack common sense and in vain A powerful change came into the minds of men And from that point forward it would be independence then The Declaration of Independence harmonized the day In setting forth the sentiments of the American way This then has become a document for all in all ages Putting forth for everyman the wisdom of best sages Government's sole purpose rests in protecting liberty Then as they say, the rest is simply American History The government governs only with the governed's consent And must be abolished when this consent is not present This signature pass is our true revolution's right And is simply a restatement of God's given light (c) March 23, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
