was the american revolution truely revolutionary?...please explain?

Answer 1

Without a doubt. The war itself (it was a miracle that the U.S. won) was only the beginning of the process. The subsequent events (the constitutional convention and other ideas and compromises), involving very wise individuals, constructed a government based on a truly revolutionary practice of democratic government for its time. These individuals built into the constitution (with excellent foresight) fail-safe mechanisms to prevent democracy from spinning out of control into government by mob mentality. The biggest and most tragic mistake that stands out from this otherwise fascinating endeavor was the skirting of the issue of the evil of slavery, and the apparent ignorance of the heavy toll that it was bound to take on the republic some eighty years later, and far beyond that. This always astounds me - that men so wise to construct such a brilliant and revolutionary mechanism of democratic government wouldn't have the foresight to see this. The winning of the revolutionary war was definitely most important, as it allowed the construction of the above government by people who finally owed no allegience to any other nation, and could build it in relative isolation.

Answer 2

Absolutely. The people in the colonies at the time, largely of British decent themselves, steadily grew tired of the treatment by their mother country, England. Tax policies and business rules perceived by the colonists as unfair eventually ended in war.... the Revolutionary War. And war with England was risky being that the colonists were no comparison to the British forces. But the colonists prevailed. Go George!

Answer 3

I believe it's because the american colony was the first to declare independence from Great Britain who was a really large world power at the time. Great Britain was so sure that they would put a stop to the revolutionaries and did not expect to lose, especially since their army was technically more experienced than ours. Great Britian is still a world power but they are not as great of one as before that time.

Answer 4

Yes. Any uprising to remove the shackles of colonial control, exploitation and oppression is to be considered a revolution. When it is undertaken by just sheer armed operations, then it could have been considered as a simple rebellion. But when the mindset of the people involved in the uprising changed to being in control themselves instead of being controlled or by gaining control instead of others, that entailed change in views, beliefs and ideology. That wholesale change is by itself a revolution.