4th July 1776 declared the United
States of America an independent
nation. Thirteen Colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution win over the British governance. Their rebellion was based on the political
philosophy of republicanism. They
were called “The Patriots also known
as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or American Whigs.
Masters of the revolution were Thomas
Jefferson, John Adams and Thomas
Paine. They were opposed by the Loyalists who instead supported continued
British rule.
Patriots
represented a wide array of social, economic and ethnic backgrounds they were
Lawyers like John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
Planters like Thomas
Jefferson and George Mason.
Merchants like Alexander McDougall and John
Hancock.
Ordinary farmers like Daniel Shays and Joseph
Plumb Martin.
Patriots also included slaves
and freemen such as Crispus Attucks
Political revolutions 99% times
ending up with bloody conflicts, as the reason that one or few guys opposing against
the establishment, most of the time they were get butchered by an establishment
or else up rising is so powerful to over
through the establishment. Patriots are mostly out siders they are often not in
the game.
2016 US presidential election, There
is kind of revolution and a moment building up, that’s Donald J Trump an out
sider but was a contributor as off a sudden pop up and declared running for the
POTUS. And Establishment or so call Loyalists jump through the roof laughing at
DJ Trump.
Loyalists rush to find all the
mud buckets about Trump and start firing mud cannons only the difference that
1770s and now is Media is the main battle gun, Social Networks, Printed newspapers
to Huge Bill boards. Start bombarding trump spending millions of dollars. By
looking at it I was thinking what the heck Trump wanted from become a POTUS. He
already a president of a global mega organization living a gold plated palace
with a beautify wife a model and his children already prepared and taking over
his business empire. And now he is under the daily mud cannon fire, people are burning
his dummies and burning those, protesters so much of headache. What is this man
just doing what he was doing and contribute to the both party’s end of election
congratulation do a negotiation next real estate deal with the new
establishment, life is cool. But now he is leading a revolution, against his
own party establishment, and ruling establishment, hammering those guys that
got his contribution. And so much of flame and fires in various subjects and
end of the season there he is securing the nomination before even convention.
Revolution as we heard all ways
starts with a poor or middle class and people gather around him or her and move
forward the revolution. Did we ever heard a wealthy guy who drop off from his comfortable
chair and get on to the street? hmmmm not so much.
But I found two guys who did it
more or less trump style..
Alexander
McDougall American
seaman, merchant, Son of a Liberty leader
from New York City. military leader during the Revolutionary War. After
the war, he was the president of the first bank in the state of New York and served a term in the New York state senate.
1763 McDougall
gave up his sailing. French Indian war had ended and his wife Nancy passed so did his
father. Changing carrier and losing two beloved he was left with responsibility
for his three children and his mother.
Mc Dougall
sale all his sailing assets invested in land and became a merchant and
importer. In 1767 he had his business going well . He buy a land in Albany County and North Carolina.
He remarried buy though
their increasing wealth earned them recognition, it did not earn them
acceptance into the traditional society in New York City (The establishment).Longstanding members
of high society such as the Livingston’s and the De Lancey's looked down on him
as crude and unpolished (sounds familiar) .
McDougall
became Sons of Liberty activities, and
later was a leader in the movement in New York. NY city and the colony were in
trouble by the Quartering
Act, which required the colonists to provide
housing and support to the British troops. (Sounds familiar? illegals in the
city they bring crime?)
New York assembly had refused to pass approval for their housing
in 1767 and 1768, and had been prorogued. Then, the new assembly (Loyalists) of 1769 approved money for the quartering of
British troops.
1769 McDougall wrote and printed an
anonymous broadside, “To
the Betrayed Inhabitants” which
criticized the assembly's approval and sparked the Battle of Golden Hill. He was accused of libel and arrested on February
1770 and refused to post bail, Dump in to Jail, spent two period for 5 months.
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