Mike wrestles with whether the American Revolution violated Romans 13 (submission to government), concluding he cannot make a confident judgment but personally sympathizes with the revolutionaries and affirms his current submission to the established American government.

Mike references his 1 Peter series where he addressed submission to government and asks when the scale tips from one legitimate government to another. He raises the question of at what point resistance becomes justified (taxation without representation, citizen abuse, guerrilla warfare under a dictator) and admits he does not have clear answers. He is cautious because he has not researched the history in sufficient detail.