Betrayal

The aristocratic merchants turned rebels against the British crown, seeking to increase their profit margins, and started the American Revolution.
At the Constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787, the intent was to amend the Articles of Confederation, but disputes erupted, and the present Constitution emerged as a 'compromise.' It essentially preserved the economic status quo that existed before the war, albeit with some added safeguards for the citizenry....the result of the convention was a plutocratic coup d' etat. Patriots Sam Adams and George Mason were so disgusted that they boycotted the process.
Oppostion to this state of the union has periodically flared- in 1839, in the Hudson River valley, an anti-renter movement erupted. ..Then in Rhode Island, in 1841-1843, the Dorr rebellion became a crisis that ended in violence. Later, trade unionism, esp. the formation of the International Workers of the World (IWW), sought to redress the wrongs institutionalized by the convention, and various American rebels still seek solutions to the question of unatural wealth inequity. Its not too late- its up to you.