..."The World Turned Upside Down" when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. The American war is over; but this is far from being the case with the American...after they are established and brought to perfection. Benjamin Rush, The Defects of the Confederation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1787). •& After America...

...confusing the end of the Revolution with the end of the fighting. "On the contrary," he emphasized, "nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed....after they are established and brought to perfection." The corrupt influence of British tyranny had been removed; now it was necessary to implant republican...

...figure Benjamin Rush observed in 1786 that the end of the Revolutionary War with England meant that "nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed....principles, morals, and manners of our citizens, for those forms of government, after they are established and brought to perfection." Fifty-five delegates...

...made an observation to which all blacks could subscribe: "The American War is over," said he, "but this is far from being the case with the American...nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed." This sentiment was echoed In 1876 at an American centennial celebration held by the Excelsior Charitable...

...have observed after the war for American Independence: 'The American war is over, but this is far from the case with the American Revolution. On the contrary,...nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed." You who become citizens today will share in the great and difficult privilege of continuing to write...