The king was advised by William Jones in 1776, “This has been a Presbyterian war from the beginning . . . and accordingly the first firing against the king’s troops was from a Massachusetts meeting house.” Likewise, Ambrose Serle, secretary to British General Howe in New York City, wrote to the British Secretary of State in 1776 telling him that the American Revolution was ultimately “a religious war.” Indeed, he asserted that the revolt would not and could not be sustained were it not for the Presbyterian ministers who “bred it.” He lamented the fact that almost every minister in America seemed to “double as a politician.” In November 1776, the Earl of Dartmouth was informed by one of his New York emissaries, “Presbyterianism is really at the bottom of this whole conspiracy, has supplied it with vigor, and will never rest, till something is decided on it.” A Hessian mercenary captain, enlisted by the British, told a correspondent in Wiesbaden, “Call this war, dearest friend, by whatsoever name you may, only call it not an American Revolution, it is nothing more nor less than an Irish-Scotch Presbyterian Rebellion.” A letter published in a London newspaper from a royalist in New York lamented, “Believe me, the Presbyterians have been the chief and principal instruments in all these flaming measures.” Serving in his ambassadorial role in London, Benjamin Franklin confirmed that the antipathy of the royalist was due to the fact that they believed the American Patriots were “Whigs and Presbyterians.”
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