American revolution

The American Revolution is perhaps the single most significant event in this country’s history. Some changes occurred with remarkable rapidity that their speed was truly revolutionary. But some scholars disagree about using the term “revolutionary” to describe how new or different these developments were. Some historians argue that the Revolution was solely a colonial rebellion aimed at achieving only the limited goal of independence from Britain. Others claim that the Revolution was accompanied by a violent social upheaval- a class conflict- as the radical lower classe sought to gain a greater degree of democracy in what had been a basi...