 So why risk it with a bloody revolution, right? Well, we have to also keep in mind British stupidity or obstinacy here, right? It played a big role in all this. So I would say that they definitely were aware that they were sacrificing quite a bit, taking a chance on something that might not work out. And as we know, most or many revolutions do fail. And there was little reason to believe in the early 1770s that the colonies would even win