Even if the endangerment is the crime, the only act causing the endangerment is the shouting. Consider the question "If you pull a trigger and cause a bullet to fly through the air and kill someone then wouldn't the killing be the crime?" Yet still we might speak about whether this or that defense might be helpful to the shooter even though the charge is murder rather than "shooting."
Common Sense challenged the British government at the time and tried to persuade the common people in the colonies to fight for egalitarian government.
