[Does so]

"...They sailed across an unknown ocean, to an unknown land, to establish a country free of kings and tyrants..."

All well and good, but it took 10% of Patriots to drag the rest of the Colonists to Liberty.

:-\

[NTHockey]

>>All well and good, but it took 10% of Patriots to drag the rest of the Colonists to Liberty.<<

One of my Drill Instructors used to say:”There’s always 10% that don’t get the word.” 10% is all we need to get the ball rolling. And someone yelling loud enough and well enough that the other 90% will hear.

We have Rush, Michelle and Ann as our voices. Now we have Chuck and Uncle Ted as the yellers. All we need are the pitchforks and torches.

[ForGod'sSake]

...but it took 10% of Patriots to drag the rest of the Colonists to Liberty.

I'm not a history buff but seems like I recall reading somewhere the "colonists" were split roughly in three parts; ⅓ wanted independence, ⅓ wanted to remain loyal to the crown and ⅓ were, uh, swing voters ;^)

But point taken, a minority of committed men were enough to create independence for the rest. Just a guess, but I suspect we're split along similar lines today.