Howard Zinn Quotes

Carl Degler Says (Out Of Our Past): "No New Social Class Came To Power Through The Door Of The American Revolution. The Men Who Engineered The Revolt Were Largely Members Of The Colonial Ruling Class." George Washington Was The Richest Man In America. John Hancock Was A Prosperous Boston Merchant. Benjamin Franklin Was A Wealthy Printer. And So On. On The Other Hand, Town Mechanics, Laborers, And Seamen, As Well As Small Farmers, Were Swept Into "the People" By The Rhetoric Of The Revolution, By The Camaraderie Of Military Service, By The Distribution Of Some Land. Thus Was Created A Substantial Body Of Support, A National Consensus, Something That, Even With The Exclusion Of Ignored And Oppressed People, Could Be Called "America.

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