Outline The Effects Of The American Revolution

Webster’s definition of revolutionary is: “constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change.” I believe that “revolutionary” does mean there is a fundamental change but I also believe it means a new innovative change that is brought to all lives. The effects of the American Revolution changed the lives of white men (wealthy and non-wealthy), women, and African Americans. The Stamp Act of 1765, “was wide-reaching and offended virtually every free colonist” (Chapter 5 Study Outline). “Opposition to the Stamp Act was the first great drama of the Revolutionary era and the first major split between the colonists and Great Britain over the meaning of freedom” (Chapter 5 Study Outline). The East India Company was financially failing, so the British government agreed to market the company’s Chinese tea in North America. In response to this agreement, on December 16, 1773, some of the colonists disguised themselves as Indians and boarded three ships in the Boston

Women, in American households, participated in the political discussions unleashed by independence. Even after the American Revolution, “coverture” remained a part of the new nation. “In both law and social reality, women lacked the opportunity for autonomy (based on ownership of property or control of one’s own person) and hence lacked the essential qualification of political participation” (Chapter 6 Study Outline). They also played a key role by training future citizens in the new republic. As you can see, when you look at what “revolutionary” means in my eyes and Webster’s eyes, the American Revolution was revolutionary in many ways. The American Revolution not only changed the lives of white men (both wealthy and non-wealthy), women, and African Americans during the revolution but it also changed their lives after too. The American Revolution was revolutionary because nothing like the Boston Tea Party had never happened