They would have been killed and hung for treason had it not been successful. And most of those people, this was not like the proletariat rising up. These were very successful people for their time. They felt that they were being marginalized and not given the rights of Englishmen. And so they decided to not let it slide and to take a stand. And they were really more conservative about what they were trying to do. (58:27–58:33)
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Asserts that the founders felt marginalized and denied the rights of Englishmen.
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