“The idea of sovereignty current in the English speaking world of the 1760's was scarcely more than a century old. It had first emerged during the English Civil War, in the early 1640's, and had been established as a canon of Whig political thought in the Revolution of 1688.” WorldFirstsIdeasWarPoliticalCenturyRevolutionCurrentsCivil WarSovereigntyCanonEnglish Speaking Author:Bernard Bailyn
“The categories within which the colonists thought about the social foundations of politics were inheritances from classical antiquity, reshaped by seventeenth century English thought.” SocialCenturyFoundationCategoriesInheritanceAntiquityColonists Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
