Americans love the great man theory. They see the American Revolution and foundation of our government purely through the lens of the actions of "great men" instead of a part of broader forces i.e. rich bourgeois landowners/slavers wanting to create a system that increased their wealth and power and would enshrine their class at the pinnancle of power. It's why a lot of Americans react so negatively to something like People's History of the United States. In their minds our country was founded by great men and that's what makes our country great. Nevermind that those same great men literally owned people as slaves. Apparently they were incredibly wise and had tremendous foresight to build a system of government we should definitely keep in perpetuity, but not enough foresight and wisdom to know that chattel slavery is wrong.