We're talking about revolutions after 1750,
> which Jefferson certainly had more influence on (both in the US and in
> France) than Calvin and Aquinas combined.
>
Are you sure? I'm no scholar of the American Revolution (for some reason, I've always found the episode irredeemably boring), but I am aware that it was commonly called "the Presbyterian Revolt" in Great Britain.
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