American Revolution

dThe American Revolution fundamentally changed the American society politically, socially, and economically by the establishments of declaring independence from Britain, the new democracy set up, paper currency, slavery, and the rights of women. The revolution brought about a variety of changes in the American society. Additionally, strong political ideas about democracy and the rights of citizens were created and applied during the time period from 1775 to 1800. Furthermore, women's rights and slavery was debated at the time. Overall, America didn't experience a significant amount of economic change; however, it did experience an extent of political and social change.

To begin with, the biggest change, politically, was from English rule to American rule. More importantly, Americans wanted their government to not resemble Britain and rather wanted their own centralized government. With this in mind, Americans adopted the Articles of Confederation, which didn't consist of an executive branch. As the constitution was in the process of being ratified, the federalist papers were written. In The Federalist, number 51 by James Madison, he writes "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition" (Document I), which prompted discussion of the powers of the government and the framing of the Constitution. The Statutes at Large of Virginia, state that there is freedom of religion (Document D). Freedom of religion was one of the founding principles of the Constitution. On the other hand, George Washington and others felt it was time to separate and become independent from Britain. "If men were angels, no government would be necessary"(Document I). This statement supports the reason of wanting to gain independence because being under the Britain's crown was unfair and