Was The Revolutionary War Radical Or Radical Essay

One of the most of important wars of American history was the American Revolution. The American Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. It all began due to a conflict that arose from growing tensions between residents of the North American colonies and the colonial government (whom were represented by the British). However, today historians still debate whether the Revolutionary War was radical or conservative. Some historians argue that the revolution was not radical because they claim it was simply a conservative reaction to protect American rights and property from Parliament. On the contrary, other historians argue that the revolutionary war was radical. These historians claim that the war represented a real change in American social life, favored more equality, wanted more economic opportunities for ordinary people, and greater individual liberty. Therefore, the American Revolution was radical because lower class people began to own land, women gained rights, and African American’s also gained their rights.

For example, according to Document E approximately 50,000 acres of land from 1 family, was split between 287 people. This shows that upper class individuals were not the only ones to own land. Now the land was more evenly distributed to people of other social classes. Another example would be the abolishment of Primogeniture (meaning that when the father and owner of an estate dies, the land property goes to the first-born son). The purpose for primogeniture was to keep family estates in one piece and keep the family powerful. Therefore with the abolishment of primogeniture, it gave more people, especially those of lower social class, a chance to own