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A sermon preached on Jan. 30, 1750, led to the American Revolution. The Rev. Jonathan Mayhew changed minds in Boston, and eventually America, about the morality of resistance to tyranny.
David Kopel is an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute, in Washington. His most recent book is "The Morality of Self-Defense and Military Action: The Judeo-Christian Perspective."