The Founding Fathers had a real revolution to overcome before they could win the war

"What do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war?" Former President John Adams asked in a letter to a magazine publisher in 1818, eight years before America’s 50th birthday. This question is fitting today as we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. His answer is a revelation about the real revolution. Adams understood that the American Revolution began long before the first muskets flared at the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. He knew it went beyond the battleg