[El Gato]

Well fed / well entertained populations don't revolt.

So they were starving and bored back in 1775?

The starving/bored revolutions tend to result in something even worse than what they rebelled against.

The "We are pissed and we aren't going to take it anymore" revolutions more often come up with something fairly livable in the end... if they win.

[mysterio]

So they were starving and bored back in 1775?

I didn't say starving. They were not well fed or well entertained.