It forced Black Americans to recognize that the kind of discrimination they encountered was something that they could and should organize to fight against.
So you wonder if the U.S. is toying with the idea of, you know, creating an opening there in some way for the people to rise up against their own leadership.
So, to protect himself and to make a sign to the English people that he was not someone to be messed with, someone to rise up against, William I did what kings and queens have done for centuries.