“The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power.” YearsPoliticalLiteratureBeliefBehindsTheorySceneUltimateLaysRevolutionaryExplanationDispositionControversy Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution