The colonial ruling class was made up almost solely of the wealthy and educated upp

As you can see the way the upper-class choose to rule over the people during the time of the Revolutionary War can be fairly described as a tyranny. Their methods were so self-seeking that very few of the poorer classes felt any kinship to these oppressive leaders, furthering the disunity that had handicapped the colonies for so long. It was not until Patrick Henry's eloquent speeches and Thomas Paine's Common Sense that those with power found a way to reach the lower dregs of society and relieve class tensions.

er class that governed the colonies in a virtual tyranny. The distribution of wealth in the colonies was extremely uneven, creating huge class divisions. In the early 1770's the top 5% of Boston's taxpayers controlled 49% of the city's taxable a

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