“There is nothing more common than to confound the terms of the American revolution with those of the late American war. The American war is over; but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed.”

Benjamin Rush Address to the People of the United States, January 1787
Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and founded Dickinson College


What is Benjamin Rush saying here?