Weren't they supported by like 40% of the population? That is not a small group of militants.
--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
>
> Thanks--you're making my point for me! Even though
> the American Revolution was initially supported by a
> minority of the population in the colonies, the political
> success of the militants eventually created a society in
> which their minority viewpoint became widely held.