Would you have told the founders in 1776 that they should be patient and concentrate on educating and improving themselves and that at some point down the road the king would grant them a voice in government?
“Would you have told the founders in 1776 that they should be patient and concentrate on educating and improving themselves and that at some point down the road the king would grant them a voice in government?”
By some accounts 15-20 percent of the colonists remained loyal to the crown with perhaps an additional 35 percent neutral. Depending on where I lived, occupation, and education level I might very well have sided with the crown.
I like to think I would have opposed the British.