Tag: Inspirational Technologies – FREEDOM and what we wanted in 1774 = 250 Years of Waiting

Let’s explore some significant events from 1774:

1. Punishment for Boston Tea Party (March 7): King George III accused colonists in Boston of attempting to harm British commerce, leading to the closing of the port as a consequence of the Boston Tea Party. Colonists had thrown the cargoes of tea ships into the river at Boston¹.
2. Louis XVI Ascends to the Throne of France (May 10): Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette became King and Queen of France².
3. The Discovery of Oxygen: In the scientific realm, this year marked the first sighting of the Orion nebula by astronomer William Herschel, and French astronomer Charles Messier added M51 (a spiral galaxy) to his catalog¹.

These events provide a glimpse into the political, historical, and scientific landscape of 1774.

 

Some of the political events that happened in 1774 are¹²:

• The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act, sparking the American Revolutionary War.
• Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses and buildings.
• Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Four hundred New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack Fort William and Mary, the first incident of the American Revolution.
• Revolution and revolt have a shared origin, both ultimately going back to the Latin revolvere “to revolve, roll back.” When revolution first appeared in English in the 14th century, it referred to the movement of a celestial body in orbit; that sense was extended to “a progressive motion of a body around an axis,” “completion of a course,” and other senses suggesting regularity of motion or a predictable return to an original position. At virtually the same time, the word developed a sharply different meaning, namely, ”a sudden radical, or complete change,” apparently from the idea of reversal of direction implicit in the Latin verb. Revolt , which initially meant “to renounce allegiance,” grew from the same idea of “rolling back,” in this case from a prior bond of loyalty.
• How a Defeated President can incite, however, with the legal ramifications, be cleared of all?

  Insurrection, an organized and usually violent act of revolt or rebellion against an established government or governing authority of a nation-state or other political entity by a group of its citizens or subjects; also, any act of engaging in such a revolt. An insurrection may facilitate or bring about a revolution, which is a radical change in the form of government or political system of a state, and it may be initiated or provoked by an act of sedition, which is an incitement to revolt or rebellion.

  

  In the United States, insurrection against the authority of the federal government is a crime under 18 U.S. Code §2383, which provides that:

  Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

  Federal law also grants to the president of the United States the authority to employ the armed forces of the United States and nationalized state militias to put down an insurrection against a state government upon the request of the state’s legislature or governor (10 U.S. Code §251) and to suppress or prevent civil disturbances—“unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion[s]”—that, in the president’s judgment, have interfered or would interfere with the enforcement of federal laws in any state (§252) or have effectively deprived citizens of their rights under the U.S. Constitution (§253). These and other provisions of Chapter 13 of the U.S. Code, entitled “Insurrection,” originated in two pieces of legislation from the late 18th and early 19th centuries: an act of Congress (1795) that extended to the president Congress’s constitutional authority “to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions” (Article I, §8) and the Insurrection Act (1807), which additionally authorized the president to deploy the armed forces of the United States in the same circumstances and for the same purpose. During the subsequent two centuries, the Insurrection Act was amended numerous times and invoked by presidents including Abraham Lincoln (to enable the use of federal troops to defeat the secession of Confederate states in the American Civil War), Dwight D. Eisenhower (to assist efforts to desegregate public schools in the South), and George H.W. Bush (to quell riots in Los Angeles following the acquittal of police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King). In 2020, in response to sometimes violent demonstrations against police brutality and anti-Black racism in several U.S. cities (see United States: The killing of George Floyd and nationwide racial injustice protests), Pres. Donald J. Trump threatened to use his authority under the Insurrection Act to unleash deadly force against lawbreaking protesters.

  
• Insurrections and other acts of violence against governments by their own citizens or subjects (some of which are not clearly distinguishable from revolutions, coups d’état, civil wars, or resistance to foreign rule) are commonplace in world history. Among many historically significant insurrections of the 20th and 21st centuries are the March on Rome of 1922, which brought Benito Mussolini and his National Fascist Party to power in Italy; the July Plot against Adolf Hitler in 1944; the briefly successful Hungarian Revolution of 1956; the student revolt in Paris in May 1968; the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico beginning in 1994; and the United States Capitol attack of January 2021.

 

Revolution is defined as,

Set Your Mind… From the bible to the Koran, the mind is the center of our being.

Certainly! The idea of setting our minds on higher things is a timeless concept found in various religious texts. In the Bible, specifically in Colossians 3:2, it says: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” This encourages us to focus on heavenly matters rather than getting entangled in the transient concerns of this world¹. It’s a beautiful reminder to elevate our thoughts and seek spiritual growth.

Mindlink, is a vision that Steven Smith envisioned as being our Link to the world of possibility. A Link, even as a premise, to a human continuance to the future. We have not yet, envisioned the possibility, of everlasting life (on Earth). Why not, perhaps, push that envelope and give everyone hope.

We have no immediate answers. Patience, indeed, will be a virtue.