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Beers with our Founding Fathers

citizens. It should also be noted that the events leading up to this

historical event were based on a conflict between the Catholic pope,
and excessive – extortion levels – taxes.

For centuries, religious leaders held authorities, not much
different than royalty. At one point the world was divided by the

pope – granting ownership of undiscovered land and peoples to
different countries. There was a conflict between the king and the

church over who should be the next archbishop. As a result of this
conflict, the king was excommunicated and banned church services.

The pope forced the king’s hand and ‘taxed’ the king any time he
wished. For this, and many other historical reasons, we have

Freedom of Religion as a birthright in our Bill of Rights. Moreover,
the king taxed the landowners (commoners worked the land, they

did not own it) – now known as ‘the rich’ excessively. Of course
these taxes were passed on to commoners working the land, in

addition to the personal taxes they already paid. For this, and many
other historical reasons, we are not supposed to have taxation

without representation. In retaliation, the landowners took up arms
against the king and forced him to sign the Magna Carta. However,

the king had no intention to, nor did he, abide by the Magna Carta.
The landowners again took up arms and supported the invasion of

England by France, and accepted their king. They later turned
against their new king and crowned the son of their own king. For

all of these reasons, and many other historical reasons, we have the

birthright to hold our government accountable and water the Tree
of Liberty. It is why we have the Right to Bear Arms as a sacred
unalienable birthright in our Bill of Rights.

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