How has life changed in America since the american Revolution?

Answer 1

Life has gotten easier in some aspects, and vice versa.

Technology, electricity, industrial revolution, computers, medicine, housing, many tremendous advances to give us more leisure time and make life better, yet it seems the more advanced we become technologically, the less time we seem to have.

Communication was a lot slower back then, now, I have to feel sorry for those who cannot live with out a cell phone stuck in their ear almost constantly.... to have such a NEED to be connected.... all the lonely people.... there are roses to be smelled and they are going unsmelled.... people are rushing to catch up to life, lest it pass them by. Maybe they can catch it, then again, maybe slowing down is the way to snag the best life has to offer.

In the past, people were happy to have the basics, took time, had time, to enjoy their surroundings, really see what matters in life, now they try to block it out, have to have all the latest toys and gadgets, want the glitter and money to go with it.

They fought to establish this Nation, they expect their descendents to maintain it. But, we have become a greed motivated and wasteful throwaway society, a society based on mindless consumerism.

Past: people either made their own items or bought items that would last, quality was important.

Now: people hunt for quality if they have the time, if not, they buy the readily available junk... quality is not readily available, just the illusion, quantity has been substituted for quality.

Lots of changes, lots of attacks on the freedoms and rights our ancestors fought to achieve. I hope this country has the common sense required to maintain what the founders intended.

Answer 2

That's like asking how being born impacted your childhood. The American Revolution completely changed the social and political landscape of this country and the world. If affected the birth of almost every person in this century. The simple answer would be that you would most likely live now how your ancestors did in the country from which they came. But that's silly - the question is silly.

Answer 3

After the American Revolution people had absolute freedom and liberty.

Now the Government is violating the Bill of Rights all over the place.

For example

Amendment 1
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Amendment 1 violations
1. The words "in god we trust" first appeared on our currency in 1956 and the words "under god" were added to the pledge of allegiance in 1957. Congress passed a law requiring these religious slogans in 1955. These are violations of the establishment clause in the 1st amendment by endorsing religion.

2. The Mormon church originally endorsed plural marriages as part of their religion. As part of the agreement granting statehood to the Utah territory the federal government forced Utah to outlaw this religious practice. This is a violation of the prohibiting the free exercise of religion.

3. "Free speech zones" have been created during certain recent political events to silence criticism. Out side of the "Free speech zones" you can be arrested for exercising your freedom of speech.

4. During the Vietnam War, President Nixon sent the National Guard to Kent University in Ohio to stop a peaceful anti-war assembly. The National Guard shot and killed four students for holding protest signs.

Amendment 2
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

1. According to the articles of the federation which are the blueprints of the constitution written by Thomas Jefferson, it explains that the second amendment exists for the sole purpose of enabling the people to overthrow the government should tyranny ever arise within the government. When they wrote in the second amendment "being necessary to the security of a free state" that part about the security of a free state means securing freedom, not securing the country from an invading force, that was the army's job. We do not have the right to bear arms as the government has dictated when and where we can bear arms as well as dictating what kind of arms we can have.

These are just five examples of constitutional rights violations that have happened there are hundreds more.

Answer 4

The Good:

There are more ethnic groups, more people are literate, people can get a secondary education for free, there is no legal slavery, there are civil rights and voting rights for all men and women regardless of race

The Bad

There is less optimism about the future. Rights to privacy are being eroded rapidly and people don't know it. There is a growing gap between the rich and the poor. People are easier to manipulate politically because of mass media, market research and p.r., businesses which did not exist in 1776..

.Kaadbear may have nailed it -- this sounds like an essay question. Oh well, I fell for it. But you never know, questioner, we could lying here on Y!Answers. Or more likely, we don't know what we are talking about.

Answer 5

Well, we've become a country. Which we weren't before the revolution.

And we've occupied a bunch more terrority, and formed states, and created politial parties, and increased from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of people.

So, a few minor differences.

Answer 6

we changed from a horse and back powered agricultural society to an industrial urban society

Answer 7

Are you trying to get us to write an essay for you? Do your own research!

Answer 8

If I can find a time machine I'll let you know.

Answer 9

Read your history book and think!

Answer 10

it really hasn't changed much at all, not from what i can tell....