Catholics in the colonies flocked to join them, enlisting to fight for the patriots at a rate far exceeding their share of the population. In 1790, George Washington wrote to the Roman Catholics of America to thank them personally for the patriotic part which you took in [the accomplishments of the Revolution]. The accomplishments of the Revolution. It is popular today to claim the founding was merely a brainchild of the Enlightenment. But the Revolution was not a radical rupture with the past. (03:08–03:09)
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Asserts that George Washington thanked Roman Catholics for their role in the American Revolution.
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