Does 1776 ring a bell?

I know I'm a little late on this one.... Apparently an Aussie blogger thinks we American's are a bunch of savages with guns and is having a bit of trouble with reasoned discourse. Like most anti's however, he appears to be supremely ignorant of facts and history.

In comments he asked Kim Du Toit the following question.

Kim can you perhaps give a historical example where an armed citizenry has successfully resisted government oppression?

I can think of several actually, the most notable and obvious being the American Revolution!