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Typically, throughout history, it has been the younger demographic that brought about revolution. Be that through war or political means or both. It was no different with the founding of the USA.In the 1700's they were old. The average life span was only about 35, so 45 was definitely over the hill in 1776. However, I don't see how age enters into their actions.
Go ask your acquaintances how old they think people like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison etc were during the revolution, I'm willing to bet that most will over-estimate the age of those men.