How Revolutionary was the American Revolution
Over the span of the Eighteenth century, many wars significant to American history has occurred; the revolutionary war, also known as the American Revolution or War of independence. British colonies stood up and fought against their own country, Great Britain. They fought for their rights: Liberty, justice, and independence. They believe themselves to be independent Americans. This war is a major turning point for US history. Many have changed during this time period from economy to politics and even to social classes, not directly because of the war, but was an important reason for these changes.
First, the economics of the United States changed drastically for a plethora of reasons. First of all, the upper class had most of the power and most of the land. It could be seen that after the war, the upper class had an average of 323 acres of land from the Break up of New York Tory Estate while the farmers only had an average of 169 acres of land, which is literally half of what the upper class has. (Doc. E) Also, it could be seen that the leasehold tenures of New York in 1846 affected 260000 people and 1800000 acres of land, making it an average of just 6.92 acres of land per person. (Doc. F) In comparison to 323 acres per person, it can be seen that there is a huge difference between the two. Simply by comparing two pieces of evidence, it can be seen that though the economy changed, the upper class still had the most control over the land. Also, it could be clearly seen that the upper-classmen had more power as they were the ones that were able to enjoy billiard in town. (Doc. D) Even though the fact that, in NY, NH, and NJ the percentage of wealthy people dropped from 36% to 12%, and well-to-do dropped from 47% to 26%, causing an increase in moderate from 17% to 62%. (Doc. I) Lastly, the survey of economic inter...
