 Well, I think as much as anything else, they knew they were outnumbered as well. And so they were hoping that the British would stop and turn around and go back and not fire. And the British were hoping they would turn tail and run away, and neither side did at that point. And that just kind of brought what was really about 10 years' worth of discussions of independence to a head right there. People had been tired of talking, and they were ready to, let's do something and find out what happens here.