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"Their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred Honor".

Many of the founders suffered the loss of children, or estates, or fortunes during the Revolutionary War. By engaging in rebellion against their King, their lives were forfeit if captured, and had the Revolution not succeeded, they would have been hanged as traitors.

Read the essay "The Americans Who Risked Everything".

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