How revolutionary was the American Revolution? Was it even revolutionary? You could argue it was or wasn't revolutionary but you cannot deny that it had transformed the nation we know (and love?) today. The American Revolution was divided for the separation of Great Britain to the United States due to unjust laws of the British like the famous saying “No taxation without representation “. It was the revolution that sparked the others it changed 3 things about America, the economics, social groups, and politics. In short, yes the Revolution was revolutionary it changed many things for Better or For Worse. First off, I will explain how social groups changed After the Revolution. It didn't actually change social groups it changed people's behaviors Towards the other groups. People were more tolerant of let's say blacks. [Doc 2] The statement in this document basically sums up the American philosophy of thinking after the revolution people believed all men (notice how it says all men not people) are and should be treated equal. People in America thought it was time to move on from the tribal class system like slaves or landowners, they Also believed everyone should have a set of basic rights Including freedom of …show more content…
The country men in general became poorer. [Document 4] The statistics of how wealthy people were in a certain area was shown. As you can clearly see, the revolution made a lot of wealthy people step down, or we can say there were less rich people in America now there were more middle-class people. This is likely due to the inflation caused by the War. The government had to print Millions upon millions of dollars to pay for the war, so there wasn't enough gold and silver to back it. So the value of money fell and it all happened so sudden that the economy couldn't adjust fast enough and many people stepped down the wealth
The American Revolution would lead one of the greatest countries in the world. A superpower, at the forefront of innovation. It would become an example, a beacon, for freedom, and liberty everywhere. But how much of this was really due to the American Revolution? The American Revolution was truly revolutionary in many ways, including the new ideas of Political Equality of the Classes, Inalienable Rights, and Consent of the Governed.
The American Revolution was definitely revolutionary. The people broke free from Britain and gained independence. Only one third of the colonist enthusiastically supported the revolution. The colonist were unhappy and being treated terribly by their motherland and trouble started to brew.
The American Revolution changed the political and social aspects of the United States. After the war ended many things changed in the states. From the political stand point women still had power but gained a few rights after the war and since the states where now free from British rule they could now create their own form of central government and elected a leader. On the social and economical side the belief of egalitarianism was widely being accepted, and mercantilism ended so the colonies were no longer forced from imported and export goods to England.
In document 6 it shows data of the abolition of slavery in between 1777-1865. The reason why this shows how unrevolutionary the revolution was is because it took over a century to abolish slavery or in some cases some states don’t abolish slavery until they have none left. If America was full of great change. the abolition of slavery would be more important than other certain laws or decisions. Furthermore, in document 7 it describes the discrimination of women and how they get treated differently in comparison to men. If the women were treated the same way as men, John Adams own wife, Abigail Adams wouldn’t have to remind him of such a thing. Abigail also say that the women will not abide by the law if it discriminates the genders. The abolition of slavery and the discrimination of slavery shows that the revolution wasn’t progressive in a positive
Before the Revolution, the people voted for the wealthy people the most, because they thought that the people with and education would help them the most. But after the Revolution, the people started voting for moderate people more, because most of the people were moderate. They realized over the acts that they needed representation, and they concluded that the best people to represent themselves were people like themselves. The acts changed the people of America
The American Revolution had a very intense fundamental change on American society between the years 1775 to 1800. The thirst for independence resulted in the revolution which caused many political, social, and economic changes. When the revolution began, the people were drowning in jingoism, and after the seven years of fighting for our independence, several changes had to be made. Although some political, social, and economic parts of society seem to have remained the same, America experienced drastic fundamental changes throughout these years and set the standards for even more changes to come.
The American Revolution set the ground work for a major change in the New England colonies. It was a time of significant governmental changes on political and social levels, and a growing ideology on the obedience of a women and the dissolution of slavery.
The topic of revolution is extremely subjective. What may appear as an insurrection to some might not be as extreme to others. When talking about the American Revolutionary War, however, the answer is clear. While the War certainly brought about change within the United States, it wasn’t necessarily very revolutionary. The most important aspects of the colonies, such as ideas about government, various types of societal equality, slavery and freed blacks, and the rights of women remained for the most part, unaffected.
Thesis: I believe the American Revolution was actually revolutionary. The Revolutionary War did not cause an immediate change in America, but led to a long chain of actions, leading to America’s modern freedom.
The american revolution was not revolutionary. The impact of the war was not the cause of change for some of the categories, but was further down the line during other times. the revolution was not revolutionary because it inflicted moderate change in the political and social categories and inflicted no change in the aspects of Slavery
Sam Gazi October 9th, 2017 Mr. Payne U.S. History How Revolutionary Was The American Revolution? The Merriam Webster dictionary defines revolution as “a sudden, radical, or complete change.”
The idea of the American Revolution is known to most people in America, but what most people dont know is if the American Revolution was actually Revolutionary. The American Revolution was from 1775 to 1783. The 13 British colonies went up and started something with the most poerful country in the world at the time, England, the odds were no where near being in the colonies favor in the beginning. The war was quite obviously and surprisingly won by the 13 colonies, who later named themselves the United States of America with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The American Revolution as a whole was not very impactful, but the idea of the Revolution was very important.
The American Revolution is typically looked at as a conservative movement, but it seems most of the actions taken were very radical. They were fighting to defend their rights, governed and natural. The American Revolution was as radical as any other revolution, in a special 18th century way, and this seems to hold true while looking at the new waves of thinking. It involves the Whigs and Tories, and while they are at opposite sides of the spectrum, they consecutively agreed to not address and higher-law principles so they would not have to rework their entire system.. The Revolution worked against this, and the parties chose to pretend it was not a serious movement and act, as they believed it would not take any effect. More people got involved and all aspects of life began to be questioned and revolutionized. The Revolution seems to be radical in a more definitive way as it caused segregation of beliefs, the Declaration of independence, and
This also included the rights of woman. They needed to be a part of the changing nation and they felt they were just as important as represented in document #7 and #8. Also, the American Indians started become a smaller factor in the establishment of the United States of America. Document #9 and #10 represent how American Indians started losing their power and became unimportant. This was revolutionary because the American Indians were the first ones in America, they were the start of settlement there. After the Revolution African Americans started noticing their lack of rights compared to white men, as slavery started getting abolished as stated in document #6. They started noticing that they needed more freedom and equality and that led to more arguments. In conclusion, the Revolutionary war brought about radical change and created a whole new nation that differed from any
I believe that the Revolutionary War was not actually as revolutionary as the name suggests because, although some of the documents suggest that major change was brought about after the war, the majority of the documents made me come to the conclusion that there were not as many results of the war as widely expected. A prime example is Document 6, where an African American valedictorian questions the possibilities of him getting a job among white people. He is a well-educated young adult, but with no jobs available to him, he must enter servitude. Another reason supporting my claim is the fact that in Document 8 it took more than 140 years for women to have the same voting rights as men (made a law in the 19th Amendment). The definition of