The pre-Revolutionary War period in the British colonies was a tumultuous time during which the wealthy cand their compromised religions fought against the Revolutionary ideals of the American Enlightenment. The enlightened, Deists wanted life, liberty and freedom for all and were instrumental in making sure individual rights and freedoms were added to the Constitution after it was ratified. The wealthy, the landed gentry, their religions and their politicians and lawyers (the Federalists) wanted the wealthy's status quo of total control over the people to continue into the new nation. This is what the the wealthy and their minions, the Federalists, are trying to drag America back to for the 1%. If you don't learn how the past came to be, how can you expect the future to be what you, not they, want?
