The American Revolution substituted one propertied aristocracy for another. Yes, I do think Washington sought military glory and was shocked out of his mind when he finally got to see his "army." He worked long and hard to get them into shape and still if not for French assistance would have failed.
Oddly, or perhaps not, the argument used by the Founding Fathers to get the commons to fight was basically the same as that used 80+ years later by another propertied aristocracy in the Confederacy to get them to risk their lives to benefit the slave owner class. Humans always seem to fall for that shit.
Oddly, or perhaps not, the argument used by the Founding Fathers to get the commons to fight was basically the same as that used 80+ years later by another propertied aristocracy in the Confederacy to get them to risk their lives to benefit the slave owner class. Humans always seem to fall for that shit.
