When I think of other revolutions (French) and knowing who was behind them, and knowing one of the American founders (Thomas Paine) was inspired by the French Revolution, was our own American Revolution 'legit' or was it actually for some other purpose or intention, one not so virtuous as many of us think? Was it needlessly rebellious, was there another way to deal with it? I do know most of the revolutionaries were young and impressionable. Even the Alamo (our pride and joy in Texas) was said to be run by a bunch of young 'hotheads.' Been trying to figure this out, somewhat, for a while now.