They did take up arms to over throw their government... but it is also true that they had no representation in their government. I’m not sure they suspected that a president might subvert the constitution, clearly subvert the constitution, and that members of his own party would be so tied to re-election funding that they would vote lockstep and barrel with him, no matter what he did. I do not think they anticipated the billions of dollars it would take to win an election and the extreme power the money and the corrupt press would have on the process.
Certainly they could not have foreseen all eventualities, however they were prescient in giving us multiple remedies to address tyranny. The question truly is related to the citizenry’s willingness to perform their duties to remedy the issue.