I’d suggest some reading material. But finish reading Johnny Tremain, first.
Oh, are you “better informed” than I? Sorry, I’ve only been reading history for over 40 years.
Try this one. “1775: A Good Year for Revolution”
https://www.amazon.com/1775-Good-Revolution-Kevin-Phillips/dp/0143123998
Or perhaps the Memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin
https://www.amazon.com/Memoir-Revolutionary-Soldier-Narrative-Americana/dp/0486451461
Maybe “Washington’s Crossing”.
https://www.amazon.com/Washingtons-Crossing-Pivotal-Moments-American/dp/019518159X
And considering I’ve been reading about this crap for over 40 years, there are books I’ve probably forgotten. But yeah, I’m sure you’re super-better read on this than I. I bow in the face of superior intellect and knowledge.
I may be dum as a bocks of rox compaired to a smart gai like you, but I’ll warrant my ancestor who showed up in 1776 took a particular glee in making sure Tories left home and never came back, given what I read of his behavior after the war. Master ironmonger, county champion brawler, purveyor of fine oak-aged whiskey, and a hobby of beating men down in the street for insults. Not a nice guy at all. But the kind of guy you want when you want to purge a region of tyrant filth. Kinda like my Dad’s uncle who nuked Japan twice, and Dad obliterating a Vietnamese city. We’ve long since gotten out of the business of moonshining, and I don’t make a habit of beating a$$holes down, but I have inherited the family ability to hate the enemies of this country with an implacable desire to erase them from existence.