There were 2 fights at that time: Fighting for the right to govern themselves.
Discussions (fighting) amongst themselves about what form of government they would erect when they won. It is the second fight he is talking about. There was much support for creating a monarchistic Theocracy (like England had, where the King was also the head of the Church). Basically just replacing what we threw off with a new person at the top. That view (fortunately in my view) did not prevail. On Jan 16, 2008 2:46 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm... > > > > Wants to create the Theocracy that we fought against in 1776..... > > We fought against Theocracy in 1776? Is that what modern textbooks are > saying? > > I'm sorry, I thought we were fighting against taxation without > representation. Guess I'll have to go re-read the Declaration again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251075 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
