dont get me wrong either, im not a 1776 apologist, but most of my thinking really comes from gordon wood's analysis, because the US revolution didnt come tied with the baggage of the culture it came from, unlike france or china, which were tied to their historical context, the american revolution was primarily driven by the political and humanist ideals of the founding fathers.

in the name of trying to explain why theres a disonance between the good small government goals of the founding fathers wanted to achieve, others blame the state for being not getting trimmed down enough, too bureaucratized, there should, or that the wealth of the west was built on slavery rather than being limited by it.

the point that i disagree with 1619 is that they think that the american revolution was a counterrevolution by the slaveowners so they could keep black people oppressed because white people are comically evil & systemically racist with no nuance, & while i believe some aspects of that happens SIGNIFICANTLY much later in american history, the founding fathers nor pretty much no elected figures had no racially essentialist views until the 1810's