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Rush agreed with Adams that the American Revolution was not the series of battles/active war.
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
<blockquote>There is nothing more common than to confound the terms of the American revolution with those of the late American war. The American war is over: but this is far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect our new forms of government; and to prepare the principles, morals, and manners of our citizens, for these forms of government, after they are established and brought to perfection.<ref>[https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/address-to-the-people-of-the-united-states/ Address to the People of the United States], January, 1787</ref></blockquote>
Rush felt that the [[United States]] was the work of [[God]]:<ref>To Elias Boudinot on July 9, 1788. Letters of Benjamin Rush, L. H. Butterfield, ed., (Princeton, NJ: American Philosophical; Society, 1951), Vol. I, p. 475.</ref>
Rush felt that the [[United States]] was the work of [[God]]:<ref>To Elias Boudinot on July 9, 1788. Letters of Benjamin Rush, L. H. Butterfield, ed., (Princeton, NJ: American Philosophical; Society, 1951), Vol. I, p. 475.</ref>