The American Revolution - another perspective

"Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve liberties the Americans already had as colonials.

Independence was no conscious goal, secretly nurtured in cellar or jungle by bearded conspirators, but a reluctant last resort, to preserve "life, liberty and the pusuit of happiness."
- Samuel Eliot Morison, The Oxford History of the American People

Where are the American patriots today?