American Revolution

In terms of the social change that happened, American Revolution is a truly radical one. The true radicalism of the American Revolution is evident from the book "Conceived in Liberty" written by6 Murray Rothbard. American Revolution was considered to be the greatest revolutions in the history. "Thomas Paine, the great democratic, and supporter of the both the American Revolution as well as the French Revolutions, believed that the American Revolution is more radical than the French, and he enthusiastically participated in both the nations." (The Jefforsonian Libertarian)

The American Revolution was evolved out of the radicalism of the English Levelers of the English Revolution that took place during the mid 17th century. "Radical thinkers like John Milton, James Harrington, Henry Marten, Richard Rumbold, and John Liliburne led the way for libertarian philosophy. Later, freethinkers like John Locke, John Toland, Matthew Tindal and other freethinkers and deists led the battle in Britain against state-sponsored religion, and led the fight for civil liberty." (Roark, Johnson and Cohen)

The experiences of Colonial America seem to be a secluded past which has very diminutive association with the daily lives of the people in the 21st century. "Though the various groups of the Colonial America like the Pennsylvanian German Pietists, New England Puritans, Virginia planters, indentured, slaves of Native Americans, Quakers, Anglicans, Methodists, Swedish farmers, Dutch traders or French Huguenots are not immediately identified by today's individuals, the fact that needs to be accepted is that these groups have very highly contributed to the tradition and inheritance. (Oates')

Yet, social change and the political Revolution are so inherently entwined that it is next to unfeasible not to connect the two. While it is perhaps true that social change would have taken place even without the Revolution, there is no assurance that this would be so, and basing a historical theory on assumptions is an uncertain attempt. On the contrary, it is more than fair to state that the American Revolution acted as a gigantic catalyst of social changes in the colonies.

One of the more fascinating areas of studying the American Revolution concerning its radicalism is the impact it had on slavery. Slavery and Black oppression are some of the most significant aspects of American history, and it was this Revolution which had initially placed these issues in the forefront of the American society. In the wave of democratic feeling which flounced the colonies as an outcome of the revolution, the call for the liberation of the slaves justly found its influence. The number of African-Americans enjoying liberty increased enormously under the pressure of the revolutionary transformation. The number of liberated African-Americans grew from a few thousand in the late 1760s to approximately 200,000 by the end of