During the years from 1765 to 1774, why did skilled craftsmen, professionals, and members of the "educated elite" in the colonies encourage the participation of "disfranchised" or "ordinary" colonists in crowd action (street protests and public rituals) associated with the American resistance movement?
Why, at the same time, were these leaders of the resistance movement also apprehensive about the participation of "disfranchised" or "ordinary" colonists in crowd action?
∙ Cite at least two specific instances in which the elite men who led the resistance movement welcomed the involvement of "ordinary" colonists in crowd action.
∙ Cite at least two specific instances in which such men were apprehensive about the involvement of "ordinary" colonists in crowd action.
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