You neednât have seen âHamiltonâ to know that the United States was founded, largely, because King George III was a pretty indifferent ruler who didnât take the Colonies seriously.
That resonated with the Founding Fathers, who made the point clear in the Declaration of Independence: âIn every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.â
And so, having won a hard-earned independence and smarting from the foul rule of the British Crown, the Founding Fathers wanted to make sure in their newly independent country that they enshrined the right to speak truth to power.