The success of the Puritan Rebellion and the American Revolution was built upon the fact that, in each case, the exercise of power had been a habit of the general population; in the one case in the management of Nonconformist Churches, in the other in the governance of local legislatures and township meetings.
Laski discusses the historical significance of popular governance in the Puritan Rebellion and the American Revolution.
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