Dbq American Revolution Ap Us History
To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society?
In your answer be sure to address the political, social, and economic effects of the
Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800.
Notes from Mr. Williams: This essay was given to 2nd period APUSH on their first in- class essay. Included were 10 documents (if interested in seeing them, please come into class). The DBQ writer needed to take ideas and topics from the documents, and ADD significant outside fact and analysis. Notice that this writer does a complete job. He/she deals with the entire question (deals with extent) and answers the question from economic, political and social points of view. Additionally, he/she used a significant amount of documents and included outside knowledge.
After the American Revolution, Americans, who were free of British control, started to reevaluate politics, the economy and society. After breaking away from what they thought was a corrupt and evil government, Americans changed how they wanted to govern their society, even though they ultimately reverted to a more centralized government similar to Britain. The uneducated masses, as viewed by the elite, didn’t experience a lot of change though the ideals from the revolution still guided some to seek better financial opportunities. Women, slaves, and loyalist experienced a considerable amount of change in society as women experienced more freedoms, some slaves were set free, and loyalist left America. Overall, America didn’t experience a lot of economic change, but it did experience, to varying degrees, political and social change.
After first breaking away from Britain, Americans wanted their government to not resemble Britain’s at all. They did this by adopting the Articles of Confederation that had no national executive branch. However, because the government under the Articles had virtually no power because it couldn’t raise money through taxes, the people who led the
In your answer be sure to address the political, social, and economic effects of the
Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800.
Notes from Mr. Williams: This essay was given to 2nd period APUSH on their first in- class essay. Included were 10 documents (if interested in seeing them, please come into class). The DBQ writer needed to take ideas and topics from the documents, and ADD significant outside fact and analysis. Notice that this writer does a complete job. He/she deals with the entire question (deals with extent) and answers the question from economic, political and social points of view. Additionally, he/she used a significant amount of documents and included outside knowledge.
After the American Revolution, Americans, who were free of British control, started to reevaluate politics, the economy and society. After breaking away from what they thought was a corrupt and evil government, Americans changed how they wanted to govern their society, even though they ultimately reverted to a more centralized government similar to Britain. The uneducated masses, as viewed by the elite, didn’t experience a lot of change though the ideals from the revolution still guided some to seek better financial opportunities. Women, slaves, and loyalist experienced a considerable amount of change in society as women experienced more freedoms, some slaves were set free, and loyalist left America. Overall, America didn’t experience a lot of economic change, but it did experience, to varying degrees, political and social change.
After first breaking away from Britain, Americans wanted their government to not resemble Britain’s at all. They did this by adopting the Articles of Confederation that had no national executive branch. However, because the government under the Articles had virtually no power because it couldn’t raise money through taxes, the people who led the