The begining of the American Revolution

Go over to Hullabaloo and read the post there by poputonian. But first, remember your British history.

The first revolution in England was when the Parliament directed the decapitation of King Charles the first, leading into Parliamentary government. That ended because of a reaction against the incompetence of the Parliament to govern (especially over religion), and the rather sheepish request to Charles II to come back and become King. Which worked decently until Charles' son, James II, took the throne and arbitrarily attempted to reconvert England to Cathlocism. That led to the "Glorious revolution" of 1688 in which Parliament deposed James II and invited Willima and Mary over from the netherlands to take his place - with the specific understanding that Parliament retained to power to remove and replace an errant King.

Now go read the post by Poptoniam.

The similarities to today with Cheney in office are striking. Cheney and Bush are reasserting the Divine Right of Kings and fighting against the primciple of Parliamentary superiority to the Executive.