The title of chapter five, “A Kind of Revolution” shows that while America was fighting for their independence, that only a third of the population actually fought to gain their independence from Britain. The people who actually wanted free from Britain didn’t do any of the fighting in the war. They instead left the fighting up to the poor whites. The poor whites who did fight were promised land and wealth. They were also threatened with jail time if they decided that they didn’t want to join. According to Zinn, the soldiers that did fight in the war, were not paid well,and because of this protest were very common. This is why Morris’s plan was created, so that people who loaned money would get half-pay to the end of their life, as long as
