I mean, they weren't just popping off on social media when they signed the Declaration of Independence. There were consequences for failure for them. 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. (58:14–58:20)
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