How Revolutionary Was The American Revolution Dbq

American Revolution was revolutionary in some ways, but how big and long lasting wear those changes? The American revolution was a war between England and 13 British Colonies. 13 British Colonies won that war and named themselves The Unites States of America. Some historians like Charles Beard and Howard Zinn argue that the american revolution wasn’t revolutionary in a lot of ways. They say that it was only revolutionary in terms of political independence but not in terms of social equality or economics. But Some historian like Gordon Wood an Alfred E Young argue that it was revolutionary. They believe that revolution brought a lot of big change other than getting independence (Background Essay). The American Revolution was revolutionary in terms of political independence, but it wasn’t revolutionary socially for groups such as slaves and women's. …show more content…
Document 1 shows that slaves are taking down the statue of King George III. Which shows that political independence occurred at the time of revolution. It shows that one government replaced another government. Replacement of government gives them independence. Now they have control.
The unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of america says that “all men are created equal.” This means that the only white men are equal and have rights. This doesn’t include any other race or gender. So, to be socially equal everyone should be equal, not only white men (document 2). In billiards in hanover-town shows that people are playing billiard but it's not socially equal because some the men are dressed up and some of them are not. One of the person is not even wearing shoes. This is not socially equal (document 3). So it wasn’t really socially