2006-11-25 08:28:13 · 9 answers · asked by antonio s 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The is a wonderful question.
The American Revolution was then and remains now the "gold standard" for revolutions to this day. This is because the American Colonial actions resulted in three kinds of revolutions all in one upheaval: military, governmental, and economic.
Military - Common folks organized against the existing goverment to take up arms and purge them from lands that were legitimatly the King's. Throwing out the King's government at the point of the gun (musket) makes this a military revolution.
Governmental - The form of democratic republic insituted by the colonies was literally invented during the 1987-89 constitutional convention. It introduced citizen rights, tri-branch checks and balances, and governmental structures that had never existed before as a single system. The revolution part is that for the first time power was really placed in the hands of the majority who are governed. The American Constitution is the oldest continuous in place government document in existence unless some bible thumper wishes to challenge it with the 10 commandments.
Economic - The economic revolution involved linking Capitalism to a democratic republic government. This allowed people to create their own wealth through ideas and hard work. This created the economic environment for the United States to become the super power it is today.
These are the reasons why it was a true revolution. Nothing like it will ever occur again.
We truly live in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
2006-11-26 00:26:06 · answer #1 · answered by angelthe5th 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Breaking away from England was less of a revolution than the Constitution and Bill of Rights. No one had ever looked at it that way before - or at least formed a country to do so!
Alex de Tocqueville called America a "great experiment." It is an experiment to this day.
2006-11-25 08:45:54 · answer #2 · answered by booktender 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can make the argument that a "true" revolution is one that arises from the people within a country and that the "American Revolution" was a revolt of a colony. But that is sort of splitting hairs.
2006-11-25 09:10:28 · answer #3 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was a true revolution because the whole basis of government changed after it was won by the American "rebels".
2006-11-25 08:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-13 14:11:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was a true revolution.
2006-11-25 08:37:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course it was. Just imagine, rejecting a monarchy and replacing it with freely elected representatives. Or rejecting government positions based on heredity replacing them with elected and appointed positions. Making government created entirely from a written constitution.
2006-11-25 08:59:27 · answer #7 · answered by Randy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, It was a revolution of the bourgeoisie. There was still slavery and people were still indentured.
2006-11-25 09:12:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. I don't see what would be un-true about it?
2006-11-25 08:35:47 · answer #9 · answered by Steven B 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋