# America’s Revolutionary Mind **URL:** **By** C. Bradley Thompson, Paul Meany, Trevor Burrus **Published:** December 11, 2020 --- C. Bradley Thompson joins the show to discuss the moral history of the American Revolution. ## Shownotes: C. Bradley Thompson’s work was inspired by John Adams and Adams’ reflection on the nature of the American Revolution. Adams answered the question “What was the revolution?” by saying, “The Revolution was not the war for independence. The Revolution was in fact a revolution in the minds of the American people”. Learning this, Thompson discusses the moral revolution that occurred in the minds of the people in the fifteen years before 1776. How did Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon, two scientists, influence the American Revolution? How do you discover moral laws of nature? ## Further Reading: [America’s Revolutionary Mind: A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It](https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Revolutionary-Mind-Revolution-Declaration/dp/164177066X), written by C. Bradley Thompson