What does "be wheeled in" mean here?

Question

"The Seven Years War had fostered a more cohesive American identity. A shared British past, ironically enough, provided further means of encouraging resistance. Britain’s seventeenth-century history, understood as a heady tale of plucky resistance to the royal ‘despotism’ of King Charles I, provided a gallery of precedents that could be wheeled in to encourage defiance of the supposed ‘despotism’ of King George III’s ministers – the ‘British’ governors, customs officials and troops charged with implementing the new taxes and maintaining order in King George’s colonies."

Answer 1

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presented.  Has a metaphorical idea of presenting items for sale on a market stage by wheeling them in (like on a cart), one after the other, as the sales progress.

Well, convincing people is a form of sales, and ideas are metaphorical items to be placed on sale when convincing.

Answer 2

its used as a metaphor , or a saying , dont you understand a metaphor , you fell asleep during english lessons at school didnt you .

Answer 3

USA today              

Answer 4

In this context, it means assembled, accumulated, or gathered.

Answer 5

It basically means that a lot of precedents could be cited or put in place (wheeled in) to encourage people to defy the despotism of the ministers.

Answer 6

It means something was introduced as a mean to an end.