Greetings I've been following with interest, the discussion about colonists changing sides during the War of Independence. I'm sure that I'll be corrected if I've mis-remembered this, but weren't the rebels (patriots, I suppose) dab hands at tarring and feathering, beating people up, setting fire to/ demolishing the houses - and otherwise making themselves unpleasant - to people they thought were opposed to them? Would this be a good reason to (a) move to Vermont - out of the way? and (b) keep changing sides until the outcome was known? Just a thought. Marjie.