The American Revolution: The Great Social Revolution

The American Revolution is one of the bigger events that take place throughout the history of the United States. There was a lot of political, social, and economic change that took place because of the war, during and after. The revolution led to some major changes in the way people lived their lives. It played a big role in developing the United States into what it is today. Even though the American Revolution wasn't a great social revolution it was still a huge moment in history of the United States. The American Revolution brought about, great political change for Americans. When the revolution first begun, it created political commitment from military service. Patriots had encouraged Americans to take part in the war and in the government. So as more people started to get involved, their political
America was economically weak and they didn't have a reliable source of revenue. They didn't have a lot of income coming in at the time and it got worse as the war went on. A British blockade had cut of European manufactures, disrupted the fishing industry, and British reduced trade in some states. Patriots, along with artisans and merchants, had to move to the country side and adapt to the new war economy. Later on in the war, America started having a financial crisis. States and the Continental Congress were afraid to raise taxes, so they had began to create new paper money to help finance the war. But with issuing so much paper money, the money itself ended up losing value. It wasn't until the Treaty of Paris that America got the money and supplies that it needed to keep funding the war and have a chance at victory. It wasn't until after the revolution that merchants began to rise back to the top in the economic ladder. They went up and replaced the Loyalists, supplanting a traditional economic elite. This shift helped with America's economic development in the years to