The Revolution had significant consequences. It created the United States. It transformed a monarchical society, in which the colonists were subjects to follow all the rules made by the King of England, into a republic, in which they were participants in the political process. The Revolution also gave a new significance to society artisans, farmers, merchants, and traders and made it impossible for elites to openly disparage ordinary people. True social revolution destroyed the foundations of the old order/laws and transfers power from a ruling elite to new social groups such as ordinary people. The main reason the colonies started rebelling against the “Motherland” was the taxation issue. The colonies debated England's power to tax them,
