Unfortunately, we don't know the exact amount...
Til after the revolution
A mistake made by many civilizations before us, and one we're closer to all the times.

This was terrific and powerful, and the idea of 'that America' (that phantom America that was never the noble perfection such angry people claim we've lost) as the MacGuffin works really well here. It is all-consuming motivation for some, and so tangible to them that they do not realize it failed to meet the more powerful ideal America in many, many ways.