nto eight or nine proprietors..." (Zinn 48).
             The same group of aristocrats always controlled even Boston town meetings, which were the truest cradles of democracy (Zinn 48).
             Along with the very rich and very poor, a middle class developed. This consisted of small planters and independent farmers, and city artisans. This middle class was viewed as a good "buffer" against black slaves, frontier Indians, and very poor whites (Zinn 56-57). Although this middle class was better off than the slaves were, they still resented the treatment of the wealthier class. During this time, England was fighting in Queen Anne's War and King George's War. A propagandist wrote that it was a time when "poverty and discontent appear in every face (except the countenances of the rich) and dwell upon every tongue" (Zinn 52). This uneven distribution of wealth within the colonies was a setback in any ho
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