The American Revolution WAS NOT a populist undertaking, it was over before it had the support of anything approaching the majority of Americans.
The American Revolution was a revolution based on PRINCIPLES, it wasn't about telling people what they wanted to hear. Hell, the Boston Tea Party wasn't even about a tax increase, it was a TAX CUT.
All of what you said and more. The American revolution (to me) was about empowering the individual, about making it so that no one or government could impose their will upon us unless it was consented. That the individual was Sovereign over his world and could tell anyone who wanted something from him (including big brother) to go to H_LL and be completely legal.
Well how long did the American Revolution war last, in years? Did the interest in freedom grow over the course of time?
Thank-you for your response!