>John Adams – “What do we mean by the American Revolution?”, Letter to H. Nile, February 13, 1818
by The Founders, Religion and Government on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 6:35
“The American Revolution was not a common event. Its effects and consequences have already been awful over a great part of the globe. And when and where are they to cease? But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.”
