How Did The Constitution Follow The American Revolution?

Although the American revolutionary war was fought between seventeen seventy-five and seventeen eighty-three, the revolution had been brewing in the colonies long before hand. Following the French-Indian war the British wanted to make back the money they had spent on fighting, what followed were a series of acts passed by the British government to generate taxes from the colonies. Each act resulted in the colonist having to pay more and more to their parent country and generally making colonial life harder.

Because of these taxes and fighting British battles, the colonies began to resent their parent country, this resentment was the beginning of ideological change which set the revolution in motion, it gave the foundation needed for revolution, and Allen …show more content…
Although, that does not mean the revolution is over, and what was just as important as the revolutionary war, was the events that happened afterward. A revolution is not just one or two changes, but a complete overhaul of the system. What followed the revolution was the United States constitution, the articles involved created the foundations of the governmental system, we see in America today. The constitution was extended with the addition of the Bill of Rights, which further consolidated America after the revolution, and was another sign of revolutionary success. The constitution was important because it implemented political change, while the Bill of Rights was important because it implemented social change and the assertion of the individual liberties of American citizens. Because of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights a system without a system without a monarchy, but instead with a democratic republic, and a system of fair taxation and representation, these two ensured the new founded country would not be like, or impose harsh conditions like British