 they weren't exactly sure how it was going to play out. And so a lot of people in the colonial period were ambivalent. They sort of were hedging their bets because, you know, if Washington and the colonies pull it off, okay, that's good for us. And if they don't, we better be careful because it could get very bad for the people who decided to take that risk. So there was a lot of ambivalence. If we had put the declaration to a ballot issue vote among 13 colonies, giving everyone the chance to say yes or no, it might not have passed on the 4th of July.