is it true you should render tax unto ceaser? what does this say about the war of independance?

Answer 1

I don't think that the American Revolution and Christ's statement have much to do with each other. Christ was answering a question about whether it was morally permissable to render tribute to a foreign ruler. For the leaders of the American Revolution, the question of paying taxes to Britain was not a question of morality but one of legality. They weren't asking themselves whether it was morally right for them to pay taxes to the existing power (obviously they thought it was, since it wasn't the taxes themselves they were protesting but their imposition without colonial input) , but whether that existing power had any legal right to tax them without giving them a say in Parliament.

Answer 2

It must have been a tough call for committed Christians. Some stayed with the "tories" and others joined the "patriots". Those who joined the patriots reasoned that the British presence was unlawful, so they were respecting their real caesar by fighting for independence.
The same dilemma occured during the American Civil war, or the War Between the States. Some felt Caesar was in Washington. Others felt Caesar was in each state government.

Answer 3

it maens we have to pay taxes which stinks