[wisty]

This was on the tail of sectarian conflicts (e.g. Cromwell) in the UK, and people fleeing them to the US.

You're right than I'm oversimplifying it, and being very US centric.

[card_zero]

Now I'm entertaining myself by reframing the rebel barons (magna carta) as an oppressed minority, fleeing into their castles where they get harassed by siege engines.