Loyalist as Royalist, Patriot as Puritan
The American Revolution as a Repetition of the English Civil Wars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3701489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James C Spalding (University of Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-340 |
| Publication date | 1976-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3164267 |
| OpenAlex | W2150434747 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Patriots at the beginning of the American Revolution were conscious of participating in a tradition of liberty derived from their Puritan forefathers. Not only did they refer back to the crossing of the sea by their ancestors who "bravely threw themselves upon the bosom of the ocean, determined to find a place in which they might enjoy their freedom, or perish in the glorious attempt," but they also spoke of themselves as "the descendants of Oliver Cromwell's army," "the descendants of Cromwell's elect." Benjamin Rush thought of himself as being a son of liberty genetically when he wrote, "I am the great grandson of an officer John Rush who fell fighting against King Charles 1st under Oliver Cromwell."2
Ancient history · Archaeology · Cartography · Fell · Geography · Officer · Political science · Politics · Royalist · Spanish Civil War · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · History · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
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