Many people at this time believed that only the rich have power according to Governor Alexander Spotswood, the lower class was a mob who didn't have rights, this shows the mindset of the people and why it is such a struggle. In the document The Poor Reptiles we also see how elite members of society viewed the poor as a a mob, and a flock of sheep. Governor Morris felt they shouldn't have control over the government. I feel many people didn't want them to succeed maybe they were scared.
             In the 1700's the poor white were becoming closer to gaining citizenship because of all the slaves coming over. Small land lots were now affordable and being offered to the poor. In 1764 many frontier men had come into conflict with the laws on their new acquired land. The North Carolina Regulators crossed land lines they were not supposed to and this caused conflict with the Indians. The war arouse and after people were denied their right to a pension which left many of these Frontier men with no money. Many of them were forced to lose their land, they couldn't afford to pay taxes.
             Shay's Rebellion in 1787 fought for the rights of these men who fought for their people and came back to nothing. The Massachusetts government wasn't representing these man and the rebellion broke out. He wanted the emn to be issued paper money . They fought in the war and should receive what was theirs.
             As we see in Class Struggle in New York, in 1765 it shows how they were different classes of society, and the lower classes being the lowest where viewed as people who didn't know what they were doing and there was no way they were going to gain political power. At this time elite members of society realized there were more of the poor and frontier men. People like Elbridge Gerry started to fight for the poor to not be able to vote, he argued that the lower class didn't have the brains to vote on their own...