What Was the Theology Behind the 'Shot Heard Round the World?'

<![CDATA[John Adams claimed that “the spark that ignited the American Revolution” was set off decades before the muskets fired, in a sermon by the popular and charismatic preacher Jonathan Mayhew on December 31, 1750. It was the underpinning behind the rallying cry, favored by Thomas Jefferson and others, that “rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”]]>